The Sociologistic Perspective on Suicide

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ID23694372
AuthorsSteve Taylor (0009-0007-4684-5956, corresponding author)
Year1982
Pages22-40
Publication date1982-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueDurkheim and the Study of Suicide (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherMacmillan Education UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/978-1-349-16792-0_2
OpenAlexW2461454356
ISBN9781349167920
LanguageEN
References cited14

It is a popular view that Suicide has had a profound and celebrated influence not only on the sociology of suicide, but also on the general development of the discipline. Merton, for example, referred to it as perhaps the greatest piece of sociological research ever done, 1 while Selvin has claimed that ‘the empirical analysis in Suicide is as vital today as it was in 1897 — perhaps more so’. 2 However, although Suicide helped to shape a distinct sociological perspective, such homages to Durkheim should not obscure the significant reservations that later generations of students had about the work.

Art · Criminology · Epistemology · Perspective (graphical) · Social science · Sociology · Philosophy · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

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