Suicide

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Suicide

• A Study in Sociology

Presented by Raul Garcia
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Extra Social FactorsChapters 1 - 4

• Emile Durkheim begins with extra-social factors
  and more specifically the abnormalities of the
  mind and its psychopathic states. Durkheim points
  out mental conditions that can conclude irregular
  mindsets as the reason for suicide.
• He then moves on the normal psychological states
  with the characteristics of culture, heredity,
  and race as a differentiating factor.
• Also, Durkheim looks over the cosmic affects that
  could contribute, and since different parts of
  countries tend to have different rates of
  suicide, it would be presumed necessary to call
  it to question. More so, he looks at different
  coordinates, to cities and farm areas, to the
  overall climate and temperature.
• The final chapter in extra-social factors deals
  with one of the most curious aspects of human
  nature and psychological tendencies in humans,
  imitation.

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Social Causes and Social TypesChapters 1 - 6

• In book two, Durkheim closes in on social causes
  and social types, starting with a how to in
  determining these classifications which takes a
  further analysis into suicide and social factors
  than before.
• The next chapter sorts through egoistic suicide
  which compares and analyzes different religions
  from different regions and finding their details
  in relation to suicide.
• With a continuation into egoistic suicide
  Durkheim extends his analysis to married and
  unmarried couples along with, political changes,
  age, sex, excessive individualism and again,
  regional differences.
• Going off of the previous chapter, altruistic
  suicide becomes the opposite and declares suicide
  as a strong cultural, which found mostly within
  primitive cultures, attachment with society or a
  group. He then goes into a great deal of his
  famous anomie or anomic suicide. Anomie explains
  the ideas of the erosion or decay in a society
  due to social or economic collapse. The idea of
  anomie brought forth is very relevant and applies
  to todays society and seemingly all prior. The
  last chapter of the second book goes into a
  detailed look at everything that is covered thus
  far. The chapter is called individual forms of
  the different types of suicide and describes that
  exactly

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General Nature of Suicide as a Social
PhenomenonChapters 1 - 3

• In the third book of Durkeims Suicide titled
  General Nature of Suicide as a Social Phenomenon
  delves deeper into The Social Element of Suicide.
  
• The first chapter of book three describes the
  direct result of sociological environments
  contributing to suicide. In more detail, He
  explains the ideas from a year to year basis and
  how the numbers never change but people and
  lifestyles do.
• In chapter 2 Relations of Suicide with Other
  Social Phenomena Durkheim goes over the
  differences in history as far as moral
  perspectives on religion. Some societies deem it
  completely immoral and others see it as
  reasonable if for good reason. Also an analysis
  is made with the inclusion of homicide versus
  suicide and if one should be prosecuted for it.
• The final chapter in the book is Practical
  Consequences reviews over any thought regarding
  all of the applications of prior theories and
  reasons for suicide. His analysis ends with his
  belief under the idea of progression and
  applicability within a new developing, current,
  society.

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My Thoughts

• Detail
• Limits- other cultures, religion
• Sexist? Or social structure?
• Least vs. Most likely
• You do not control your actions, society does.
• Dont want to kill yourself? Procreate.