The Idea of Suicide : Contagion, Imitation, and Cultural Diffusion EPUB
by Michael J. Kral
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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.
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- Pages:144 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:21/05/2019
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:144 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:21/05/2019
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- ISBN:9780429676246
