Le Suicide

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Le Suicide is Émile Durkheim’s pioneering 1897 sociological study that systematically analyzes the social factors influencing suicide rates.

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instanceOf book
sociological study
argues suicide cannot be explained solely by individual psychology
suicide is influenced by collective forces
author Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED
concludes Protestants have higher suicide rates than Catholics
married people generally have lower suicide rates than unmarried
periods of economic crisis affect suicide rates
countryOfOrigin France
discipline sociology
focusesOn economic conditions
family structure
marital status
religious affiliation
social groups
suicide rates
genre academic monograph
hasEnglishTitle Suicide: A Study in Sociology NERFINISHED
influenced modern sociology
social epidemiology
sociology of deviance
sociology of religion
influencedBy Auguste Comte NERFINISHED
positivist methodology
introducesConcept altruistic suicide
anomic suicide
egoistic suicide
fatalistic suicide
language French
mainSubject social causes of suicide
social integration
social regulation
suicide
methodology comparative statistics
quantitative analysis
notableFor foundational status in classical sociology
systematic statistical analysis of suicide
originalTitle Le Suicide NERFINISHED
partOf Durkheim’s project to establish sociology as a science
proposesTheory suicide as a social fact
suicide rates depend on social integration
suicide rates depend on social regulation
publicationYear 1897
publisher Félix Alcan NERFINISHED
theoreticalFramework positivism
usesDataFrom Catholic populations
Denmark NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Protestant populations
Prussia NERFINISHED
Saxony NERFINISHED

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