Stay : a history of suicide and the philosophies against it /

Worldwide, more people die by suicide than by murder, and many more are left behind to grieve. Despite distressing statistics that show suicide rates rising, the subject, long a taboo, is infrequently talked about. In this sweeping intellectual and cultural history, poet and historian Jennifer Micha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hecht, Jennifer Michael, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Suicide.
Suicide > Prevention.
Communities.
Suicide > history
Suicide
Suicide Prevention
Suicide > Prévention.
Communauté.
suicides.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PSYCHOLOGY > Suicide.
Communities
Suicide > Prevention
Suizid
Suizidverhütung
Självmord > teori, filosofi.
Självmord > prevention.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • One. The ancient world
  • Two. Religion rejects suicide
  • Three. To be or not to be: new questions in the rise of modernism
  • Four. Secular philosophy defends suicide
  • Five. The argument of community
  • Six. Modern social science on community and influence
  • Seven. Hope for our future selves
  • Eight. The twentieth century's two major voices on suicide
  • Nine. Suffering and happiness
  • Ten. Modern philosophical conversations.

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