01410nam a22001457a 4500 25425 25425 9781912127252 362.28 EAS-A Easthope, Robert Analysis of emile durkheim's : on suicide London Routledge 2017 84p. Durkheim's aim was to analyse the nature of suicide in the context of society itself – examining it not just as an individual decision, but one in which different social factors played important roles. In order to do this, it was vital that he both define and classify suicide into subtypes – kinds of suicide with different causal factors at play. From his research, Durkheim identified four broad types of suicide: egoistic (from a sense of not-belonging), altruistic (from a sense that group goals far outweigh individual well-being), anomic (from lack of moral or social direction), and fatalistic (in response to excessive discipline or oppression). These definitions opened the way for Durkheim to pursue a close social analysis examining how each type related to different social contexts. While his study is in certain ways dated, it remains classic precisely because it helped define the methodology of sociology itself – in which interpretative skills remain central Sociology Suicide--Sociological aspects Suicide (Durkheim, Émile) Altruism--Psychological aspects ddc BK 0 0 0 0 NASSDOC NASSDOC 2019-03-25 OP 2019-03-25 0 362.28 EAS-A 50353 2019-08-28 00:00:00 2019-03-25 BK