The Idea of Suicide: Contagion, Imitation, and Cultural Diffusion
This book is about a new theory of suicide as cultural mimesis, or as an idea that is internalized from culture. Written as part of a new, critical focus in suicidology, this volume moves away from the dominant, strictly scientific understanding of suicide as the result of a mental disorder, and towards positioning suicide as an anthropologically salient, community-driven phenomenon. Written by a leading researcher in the field, this volume presents a conception of suicide as culturally scripted, and it demonstrates how suicide becomes a cultural idiom of distress that for some can become a normative option.
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The Idea of Suicide: Contagion, Imitation, and Cultural Diffusion
This book is about a new theory of suicide as cultural mimesis, or as an idea that is internalized from culture. Written as part of a new, critical focus in suicidology, this volume moves away from the dominant, strictly scientific understanding of suicide as the result of a mental disorder, and towards positioning suicide as an anthropologically salient, community-driven phenomenon. Written by a leading researcher in the field, this volume presents a conception of suicide as culturally scripted, and it demonstrates how suicide becomes a cultural idiom of distress that for some can become a normative option.
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The Idea of Suicide: Contagion, Imitation, and Cultural Diffusion
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780367670658 |
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| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Publication date: | 12/18/2020 |
| Series: | Researching Social Psychology |
| Pages: | 144 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
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