Social meanings of suicide
Auteur :
Douglas, Jack D.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691621173
Date de publication :
8 mars 2015
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
576 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book presents a review and criticism of all sociological literature on suicide, from Emile Durkheim's influential Suicide (1897) to contemporary writings by sociologists who have patterned their own work on Durkheim's. Douglas points out fundamental weaknesses in the structural-functional study of suicide, and offers an alternative theoretical