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Durkheim and the Study of Suicide

  • Textbook
  • © 1982

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Authors:
  1. Steve Taylor
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Part of the book series: Contemporary Social Theory (CONTSTHE)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Explaining the Suicide Rate

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Durkheim’s Suicide

      • Steve Taylor
      Pages 3-21

    3. The Sociologistic Perspective on Suicide

      • Steve Taylor
      Pages 22-40

  3. The Social Construction of Official Suicide Rates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Some Critiques of Official Suicide Rates

      • Steve Taylor
      Pages 43-64

    3. Proving Suicide

      • Steve Taylor
      Pages 65-94

    4. Persons under Trains

      • Steve Taylor
      Pages 95-122

  4. The Social Context of Suicidal Actions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Individualistic Approaches to Suicide

      • Steve Taylor
      Pages 125-139

    3. Suicide and the Gamble with Death

      • Steve Taylor
      Pages 140-160

    4. The Ordeal and the Sacrifice

      • Steve Taylor
      Pages 161-193

    5. General Conclusions

      • Steve Taylor
      Pages 194-196

    6. Postscript

      • Steve Taylor
      Pages 197-199

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 200-249
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