On suicide / Emile Durkheim ; translated by Robin Buss ; with an introduction by Richard Sennett and notes by Alexander Riley.

By: Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917 [author.]Contributor(s): Buss, Robin [translator.] | Sennett, Richard [editor.] | Riley, Alexander [editor.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Penguin classicsLondon : Penguin, 2006©2006 Description: xxvii, 450 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0140449671 (paperbac)Uniform titles: Suicide; étude de sociologie. English Subject(s): Suicide | Suicide -- Sociological aspectsLOC classification: HV6545 .D813 2006Summary: Émile Durkheim, one of the fathers of modern sociology, was the first to suggest that suicide might be as much a response to society as an act of individual despair. When he looked at social, religious, or racial groups that had high incidences of suicide, he discovered that abnormally high or low levels of social integration increase the likelihood of suicide. More than a century after its initial publication, Durkheim?s groundbreaking work continues to fascinate and challenge those seeking to understand one of the least understandable of human acts.
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Émile Durkheim, one of the fathers of modern sociology, was the first to suggest that suicide might be as much a response to society as an act of individual despair. When he looked at social, religious, or racial groups that had high incidences of suicide, he discovered that abnormally high or low levels of social integration increase the likelihood of suicide. More than a century after its initial publication, Durkheim?s groundbreaking work continues to fascinate and challenge those seeking to understand one of the least understandable of human acts.

New translation from the French.