Culture, suicide, and the human condition /

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Suicide is a puzzling phenomenon. Not only is its demarcation problematic but it also eludes simple explanation. The cultures in which suicide mortality is high do not necessarily have much else in common, and neither is a single mental illness such as depression sufficient to lead a person to suici...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Honkasalo, Marja-Liisa, Tuominen, Miira
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, [2014]
Temas:
Suicide > Social aspects.
Suicide > Philosophy.
Suicide > Aspect social.
Suicide > Philosophie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
PSYCHOLOGY > Suicide.
Suicide > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Culture, Suicide, and the Human Condition; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Varieties of Suicide; Part I. Suicide; Chapter 1. The Construction of the Suicidal Self in Phenomenological Psychology; Chapter 2. When It Is Worth the Trouble to Die; Part II. Ancient and Medieval Approaches to Suicide; Chapter 3. "Tell Him to Follow Me as Quickly as Possible"; Chapter 4. Free Philosophers and Tragic Women; Chapter 5. Moral Philosophical Arguments against Suicide in the Middle Ages; Part III. Morality, Politics, and Violence.
  • Chapter 6. "She Kissed Death with a Smile"; Chapter 7. "When We Stop Living, We Also Stop Dying"; Afterword; Notes on Contributors; Index.

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