SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scientific Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Altruistic Suicide
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Chapter 1: society as a life or death issue: Rate of suicide not a function of the sate of mind of the people committing suicide, rather a measure of society. What appears to be going on is that people are embedded in social. The higher the level of social solidarity, the less inclined people will be to take their lives at certain levels of social distress. Ex. married people are less inclined to commit suicide- they have more of an anchor to society- has family. Durkehim argued that protestant are most likely to commit suicide because the beliefs of protestants are highly individualistic (find your own path, don"t follow the pope) Jews have been a minority and have been restricted for so long that they"re tightly knit and they have more of a unity and stronger bond (higher social solidarity), which acted as a safeguard against psychological distress. relations.
