Suicide

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"Suicide" is a foundational sociological work by Émile Durkheim that systematically analyzes the social factors influencing suicide rates and helped establish sociology as an empirical science.

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instanceOf book
sociological work
arguesThat levels of social integration affect suicide rates
levels of social regulation affect suicide rates
suicide is a social fact
suicide rates are influenced by social factors rather than only individual psychology
author Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED
centralConcept anomie
social facts
social integration
social regulation
contributionTo development of sociological methodology
foundations of sociology as an empirical science
countryOfOrigin France
definesTypeOfSuicide altruistic suicide
anomic suicide
egoistic suicide
fatalistic suicide
fieldOfStudy criminology
social psychology
sociology
genre sociology
hasPart discussion of economic change and suicide
discussion of family and marital status and suicide
discussion of religious affiliation and suicide
empirical analysis of suicide statistics
theoretical introduction on social facts
influenced modern sociology
social theory of anomie
sociology of deviance
sociology of religion
language French
mainSubject social facts
social integration
social regulation
suicide
methodology comparative method
statistical analysis
notableFor early formulation of the concept of anomie
linking suicide rates to social integration and regulation
systematic use of official statistics in sociology
originalTitle Le Suicide NERFINISHED
partOf Durkheim's broader project to establish sociology as a distinct science
proposesTypologyOf suicide
publicationYear 1897
publisher Félix Alcan NERFINISHED
theoreticalApproach positivism

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