REL 0876 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Altruistic Suicide, Suicidology, Anomie
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Latin: suicidium sui caadere suicidium sui caadere (to kill oneself) (to kill oneself) Suicide: : the act or an instance of taking one"s own life voluntarily and the act or an instance of taking one"s own life voluntarily and. A person who commits or attempts suicide a person who commits or attempts suicide ( (webster. Two giants in the interpretation of suicide: durkheim and freud. Durkheim""s definition of suicide s definition of suicide. Emile durkheim (1858-1917) developed four categories of suicide: Egoistic suicide resulting from a lack of. Resulting from a lack of social integration social integration, and thus of adequate. , and thus of adequate sharing in values and community, egoistic suicides are under-attached to others and sharing in values and community, egoistic suicides are under-attached to others and their norms, initiatives, and visions for the present and future. Durkheim used this their norms, initiatives, and visions for the present and future.
