Culture, suicide, and the human condition
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 suic...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, [New York] ; Oxford, [England] :
Berghahn Books
2014.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798532306719 |
| Sumario: | 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 suicide. In a word, despite its statistical regularity, suicide is unpredictable on the individual level. The main argument emerging from this collection is that suicide should not be understood as a separate realm of pathological behavior but as a form of human action. As such it is always dependent |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781782382355 |
