Durkheim's Suicide: A Century of Research and Debate

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W. S. F. Pickering, Geoffrey Walford
Psychology Press, 2000 - 209 pagina's
Durkeim's book on suicide, first published in 1897 is widely regarded as a classic text, and is essential reading for any student of Durkheim's thought and sociological method. This book examines the continuing importance of Durkheim's methodology. The wide-ranging chapters cover such issues as the use of statistics, explanation of suicide, anomie and religion and the morality of suicide. This book will be of vital interest to any serious scholar of Durkheim's thought and to the sociologist looking for a fresh methodological perspective.
 

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INTRODUCTION
1
EMILE DURKHEIMS CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF SUICIDE
11
THE DECONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL ACTION The reversal of Durkheimian methodology from The Rules to Suicide
22
DURKHEIMS ALTRUISTIC AND FATALISTIC SUICIDE
36
SUICIDE STATISTICS AND SOCIOLOGY Assessing Douglas critique of Durkheim
53
READING THE CONCLUSION Suicide morality and religion
66
THE MORAL DISCOURSE OF DURKHEIMS SUICIDE
81
THE FORTUNES OF DURKHEIMS SUICIDE Reception and legacy
97
THE RECEPTION OF SUICIDE IN RUSSIA
126
MARRIAGE AND SUICIDE Testing the Durkheimian theory of marital regulation a century later
133
SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND MARITAL STATUS A multivariate individuallevel study of 30157 suicides
156
TEACHING DURKHEIMS SUICIDE A symposium
180
INDEX
201
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