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Suicide. A study in sociology
Reference : 9780684836324
Author : Emile durkheim
Number of page : 404
Edition : Free Press
Release date : 2008-01-01
Emile Durkheim's Suicide adresses the phenomenon of suicide and its social causes. Written by one of the World's most influential sociologist , this classic argues that suicide primarily results from a lack of integration of the individual into society.Suicide provides readers with an understanding of the impetus for suicide and its psychological impact on the victim, family, and society.
"Even for the psychoanalist oriented reader this book holds more than merely historical interest. One cannot help being impressed by wealth of knowledge and the perspecacity revealed in it, and there have certainly been few more compact presentation of socio-psycological problems.... " American Journal of Psychiatry
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