Sociology 2105A/B Lecture Notes - The Sociological Imagination, Altruistic Suicide

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2105A/B
• Professor: Catherine Corrigall- Brown

Document Summary

Oct 1987 margaret thatcher said there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families. Do you agree? no. does not go into depth about community and communications between other individuals. What is sociology the systematic study of human society. Society is the largest scale human group that shares a common geographic territory and culture, which is based on common institutions and social interaction. You cannot directly see it but you feel its power and influence. Suicide is an individual act and decision. Traditionally studied from a psychological perspective (depression, personality, etc. ) But rates of suicide differ across countries and are very different for men and women. Societies have higher (or lower) rates of suicide because of certain features of the society as a whole. Individuals might have propensities to commit suicide, but only do so in certain contexts. Individuals need to be integrated into society.