Suicide by Emile Durkheim

Suicide by Emile Durkheim

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Originally published in 1897, this is Durkheim's pioneering attempt to offer a sociological explanation for a phenomenon regarded until then as exclusively psychological and individualistic.

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Suicide by Emile Durkheim

Originally published in 1897, this is Durkheim's pioneering attempt to offer a sociological explanation for a phenomenon regarded until then as exclusively psychological and individualistic.

' - Suicide is one of the great classics of sociologyAlthough it is now more than a century old, it remains the most significant work on suicide ever produced.'

'Durkheim's great books are dedicated to the proposition that society transcends the individual: that our beliefs, values, dispositions and desires are often products of social forces and structures we poorly understand.' - Financial Times

'One of the acutest and most brilliant sociologists.' - Bronislaw Malinowski

Émile Durkheim (1858 - 1917). One of the founding fathers of modern sociology.

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ISBN 13 9780415278317
ISBN 10 0415278317
Title Suicide
Author Emile Durkheim
Series Routledge Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2002-02-21
Number of pages 432
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.