On Suicide
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- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
16 October 2006
Summary
On Suicide: A Sociological Exploration
Emile Durkheim’s On Suicide (1897) revolutionized sociology by examining suicide not merely as individual despair, but as a social phenomenon.
Durkheim posited that understanding suicide reveals profound insights into the relationship between individuals and society. He investigated:
- The underlying causes of suicide.
- The factors that disrupt this balance.
- The disparities in suicide rates among so…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449679 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140449671 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Emile Durkheim, Richard Sennett, Robin Buss |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2006 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 27mm |
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About The Author
Emile Durkheim
Émile Durkheim (1858 - 1917) is known as one of the founders of modern sociology.
Robin Buss is a journalist and translator. His most recent translations for Penguin include The Plague by Camus and The Black Tulip by Dumas. He lives in London.
Richard Sennett is Professor of Sociology at the LSE and Bemis Professor of Social Sciences at MIT. His three most recent books are studies of modern capitalism- The Culture of the New Capitalism, (Yale, 2006), Respect in an Age of Inequality, (Penguin, 2003) and The Corrosion of Character, (Norton 1998). He is currently writing a book on craftmanship.
Alexander Riley is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He is the author of numerous articles on Durkheimian thought, and the co-editor (with Philippe Besnard) of the correspondence of Durkheim’s student Robert Hertz Un Ethnologue dans les tranche’es (CNRS E’ditions 2002).
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