Why Do We Hurt Ourselves? by Baptiste Brossard
Why does an estimated 5% of the general population intentionally and repeatedly hurt themselves? What are the reasons certain people resort to self-injury as a way to manage their daily lives? In Why Do We Hurt Ourselves, sociologist Baptiste Brossard draws on a five-year survey of self-injurers and suggests that the answers can be traced to social, more than personal, causes. Self-injury is not a matter of disturbed individuals resorting to hurting themselves in the face of individual weaknesses and difficulties. Rather, self-injury is the reaction of individuals to the tensions that compose, day after day, the tumultuousness of their social life and position. Self-harm is a practice that people use to self-control and maintain order—to calm down, or to avoid "going haywire" or "breaking everything." More broadly, through this research Brossard works to develop a perspective on the contemporary social world at large, exploring quests for self-control in modern Western societies.Recommended
* Choice *Baptiste Brossard, a French sociologist, is Lecturer at the Australian National University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780253036407 |
| ISBN 10 | 0253036402 |
| Title | Why Do We Hurt Ourselves? |
| Author | Baptiste Brossard |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press |
| Year published | 2018-06-14 |
| Number of pages | 210 |
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