Suicide : a study in sociology / Tr. by John A. Spaulding and George Simpson; ed. with an introduction by George Simpson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Glencoe, Ill., The Free Press [c1951]Description: 405 p. 21 cmSubject(s): NLM classification:
  • HV 6545
Contents:
CONTENTS <Editor's Preface> <Editor's Introduction> <Preface> <Introduction> <BOOK ONE: EXTRA-SOCIAL FACTORS> 1. Suicide and Psychopathic states 2. Suicide and Normal Psychological States - Race, Heredity 3. Suicide and Cosmic Factors 4. Imitation BOOK TWO: SOCIAL CAUSES AND SOCIAL TYPES 1. How to Determine Social Causes and Social Types 2. Egoistic Suicide 3. Egoistic Suicide (continued) 4. Altruistic Suicide 5. Anomic Suicide 6. Individual Forms of Different Types of Suicide BOOK THREE: GENERAL NATURE OF SUICIDE AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON 1. The Social Element of Suicide 2. Relations of Suicide with other Social Phenomena 3. Practical Consequences <Appendices> <Detailed Table of Contents>
Item type: Books
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS HV 6545 .D963 1951 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 9944 Available AUA009421

Translation of Le suicide; ťude de sociologie.

CONTENTS

<Editor's Preface>
<Editor's Introduction>
<Preface>
<Introduction>

<BOOK ONE: EXTRA-SOCIAL FACTORS>
1. Suicide and Psychopathic states
2. Suicide and Normal Psychological States - Race, Heredity
3. Suicide and Cosmic Factors
4. Imitation

BOOK TWO: SOCIAL CAUSES AND SOCIAL TYPES
1. How to Determine Social Causes and Social Types
2. Egoistic Suicide
3. Egoistic Suicide (continued)
4. Altruistic Suicide
5. Anomic Suicide
6. Individual Forms of Different Types of Suicide

BOOK THREE: GENERAL NATURE OF SUICIDE AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON
1. The Social Element of Suicide
2. Relations of Suicide with other Social Phenomena
3. Practical Consequences

<Appendices>
<Detailed Table of Contents>