An Analysis of Emile Durkheim's On Suicide

ISBN-13: 9781912127252 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 96 str.

Robert Easthope

Opis

Durkheim's 1897 work is a powerful evidence-based study of why people take their own lives. In the late nineteenth century, it was generally accepted that each suicide was an individual phenomenon, caused by such personal factors as grief, loss, and financial problems.

Spis treści

Ways in to the text  Who was Émile Durkheim?  What does On Suicide Say?  Why does On Suicide Matter?  Section 1: Influences  Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context  Module 2: Academic Context  Module 3: The Problem  Module 4: The Author's Contribution  Section 2: Ideas  Module 5: Main Ideas  Module 6: Secondary Ideas  Module 7: Achievement  Module 8: Place in the Author's Work  Section 3: Impact  Module 9: The First Responses  Module 10: The Evolving Debate  Module 11: Impact and Influence Today  Module 12: Where Next?  Glossary of Terms  People Mentioned in the Text  Works Cited

O autorze

Robert Easthope holds an MSc in race and postcolonial studies from the London School of Economics.