Sociological and psychiatric studies on suicide based on Western
ideas about human nature see suicide as social or individual
disorder. Suicide in China, however, should be understood
differently.
By analyzing 30 cases, Wu Fei studies the dynamics of suicide in
terms of family politics and local psychology and finds that
suicide is committed when a power balance is broken in the games of
power in the family. Unlike public injustice, domestic injustice is
not only closely related to, but also often strengthened by
emotional interdependence. Suicide and depression are different
responses to the same situation of domestic injustice. The book
also covers suicide as perceived by rural people outside the
family; how suicide is viewed in politics; suicide prevention and
studies of suicide in Chinese modern intellectual history.
Showing that suicide in China is not mainly caused by too
traditional values, but reflects a dilemma in Chinese modernity,
this book should be of interest to students and scholars in Chinese
studies; sociology; anthropology and suicide studies.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Contemporary China Series |
Release date: |
September 2009 |
First published: |
2010 |
Authors: |
Fei Wu
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
216 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-55171-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
Social, group or collective psychology
|
LSN: |
0-415-55171-4 |
Barcode: |
9780415551717 |
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