The Idea of Suicide

By Michael J Kral

This book is about a new theory of suicide as cultural mimesis, or as an idea that is internalized from culture. Written as part of a new, critical focus in suicidology, this volume moves away from the dominant, strictly scientific understanding of suicide as the result of a mental disorder, and towards positioning suicide as an anthropologically salient, community-driven phenomenon. Written by a leading researcher in the field, this volume presents a conception of suicide as culturally scripted, and it demonstrates how suicide becomes a cultural idiom of distress that for some can become a normative option.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367670658
• ISBN13: 9780367670658
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.9"