Committing suicide : on the everydayness of (non-literary) suicide
Vol.32,No.Supplementum(2018)
Abstract
Keywords:
suicide; rationalization of suicide – justification of suicide; freedom of action – competence to negotiate; suicide as a pathological phenomenon – legitimacy of suicide; take one's own life = murder?; imitation of suicidal behavior – the influence of literature and the media; Werther-effect; equality of minorities
Pages:
177–190
The article Committing suicide. On the everydayness of (non-literary) suicide deals out criticism on the handling of suicides. It subjects sociological positions and also the statistical knowledge and develops a noetic perspective on suicide with the help of historical philosophical explanations and the current social developments, such as the emerging Euthanasia debate.
suicide; rationalization of suicide – justification of suicide; freedom of action – competence to negotiate; suicide as a pathological phenomenon – legitimacy of suicide; take one's own life = murder?; imitation of suicidal behavior – the influence of literature and the media; Werther-effect; equality of minorities
177–190
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