Alcohol and Suicide - Durkheim Revisited

The paper reviews Durkheim's theory of suicide, with particular reference to his treat ment of alcohol as a causal factor. It is argued that Durkheim views alcohol as an individual-level factor, rather than as a socio-cultural factor on a par with other social facts This conception is criticized, as is Durkheim's analysis of his data It is argued that the rate of alcohol abuse in society is a social fact that has an explanatory power beyond the level of individual suicides. Some possible causal links between the social suicide rate and rates of alcohol abuse are discussed

Alcohol abuse · Criminology · Epistemology · Explanatory power · Medical emergency · Poison control · Power (physics · Psychiatry · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Suicide rates · Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis · Diverse Academic Research Areas · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity

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