Suicide: The Hidden Side of ModernityISBN: 978-0-7456-4056-3
Hardcover
224 pages
September 2008, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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- This book provides a systematic overview of suicide and suicide trends in contemporary societies.
- It is the most comparative and up-to-date account of suicide currently available.
- Suicide has been a core issue in sociology ever since Durkheim wrote his famous book on suicide.
- This book picks up the theoretical problems raised by Durkheim and reworks them for the 21st century.