[Durkheim's Suicide: reassessment of a classic from 19th-century sociological literature]

Nunes

Corpus ID: 7183875

[Durkheim's Suicide: reassessment of a classic from 19th-century sociological literature]

@article{Nunes1998DurkheimsSR,
  title={[Durkheim's Suicide: reassessment of a classic from 19th-century sociological literature]},
  author={Nunes},
  journal={Cadernos de saude publica},
  year={1998},
  volume={14 1},
  pages={
          7-34
        }
}

Nunes

Published 1998

Sociology, Medicine

Cadernos de saude publica

This paper presents a detailed review of Suicide, the sociological classic by Durkheim, 100 years after it was first published, The first part of the article focuses on the author's interest in the theme, within the scope of concerns on the importance of studying suicide dating from the 18th century. The article then presents a circumstantial review of the various chapters, preceded by brief remarks on the book's place within Durkheim's work as a whole. The third part of the article comments on… CONTINUE READING

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