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Social Meanings of Suicide (Paperback)
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Social Meanings of Suicide (Paperback)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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This book presents a review and criticism of all sociological
literature on suicide, from Emile Durkheim's influential Suicide
(1897) to contemporary writings by sociologists who have patterned
their own work on Durkheim's. Douglas points out fundamental
weaknesses in the structural-functional study of suicide, and
offers an alternative theoretical approach. He demonstrates the
unreliability of official statistics on suicide and contends that
Durkheim's explanations of suicide rates in terms of abstract
social meanings are founded on an inadequate and misleading
statistical base. The study of suicidal actions, Douglas argues,
requires an examination of the individual's own construction of his
actions. He analyzes revenge, escape, and sympathy motives; using
diaries, notes, and observers' reports, he shows how the social
meanings of actual cases should be studied. Originally published in
1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books
while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase
access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of
books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in
1905.
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