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A classic book about the phenomenon of suicide and its social causes written by one of the world's most influential sociologists. Emile Durkheim's Suicide addresses the phenomenon of suicide and its social causes. Written by one of the world's most influential sociologists, this... Read Full Overview

A classic book about the phenomenon of suicide and its social causes written by one of the world's most influential sociologists.

The landmark investigation into suicide and society--now in a new translation

There would be no need for sociology if everyone understood the social frameworks within which we operate. That we do have a connection to the larger picture is largely thanks to the pioneering thinker ?mile Durkheim. He recognized that, if anything can explain how we as individuals... Read Full Overview

There would be no need for sociology if everyone understood the social frameworks within which we operate. That we do have a connection to the larger picture is largely thanks to the pioneering thinker mile Durkheim. He recognized that, if anything can explain how we as individuals... Read Full Overview

Originally published in 1897, this is Durkheim's pioneering attempt to offer a sociological explanation for a phenomenon regarded until then as exclusively psychological and individualistic.

There would be no need for sociology if everyone understood the social frameworks within which we operate. That we do have a connection to the larger picture is largely thanks to the pioneering thinker mile Durkheim. He recognized that, if anything can explain how we as individuals... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Le Suicide, publi en 1897, est une tude sociologique empirique o mile Durkheim (sociologue fran ais) met en oeuvre les principes m thodologiques qu'il a pr alablement d finis dans Les R gles de la m thode sociologique. Dans cet ouvrage, il d fend l'id e selon laquelle le... Read Full Overview

"Le Suicide" de Emile Durkheim. Sociologue fran?ais (1858-1917).

En el presente libro, el autor intenta, como ?l mismo expresa en el pr?logo realizar unestudio sociol?gico bas?ndose en el m?todo cient?fico, para demostrar as? quela Sociolog?a es verdaderamente una ciencia. La hip?tesis que el autor pretende defender es que el suicidio no es... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview