Suicide as a Cultural Institution in Dostoevsky's Russia (Hardcover)

In the popular and scientific imagination, suicide has always been an enigmatic act which defies yet demands explanation. Throughout the centuries, philosophers and writers, journalists and scientists have attempted to endow this act with meaning. In the 19th century, and especially in Russia, suicide became the focus for discussion of such issues as the immortality of the soul, free will and determinism, the physical and the spiritual, the individual and the social. Analyzing a variety of sources - medical reports, social treatises, legal codes, newspaper articles, fiction, private documents left by suicides - Irina Paperno describes the search for the meaning of suicide.

General

Imprint:	Cornell University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1998
Authors:	Irina Paperno
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-8014-3397-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General
LSN:	0-8014-3397-5
Barcode:	9780801433979

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