On the shelf
On Suicide
by Émile Durkheim, Richard Sennett & Robin Buss
1 episode · 1 guest · last mentioned 28 Dec 2023
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Who brought it up
- Mentioned
Alain de Botton in the episode with Alain de Botton
About the book
A foundational sociological study that analyzes suicide rates across different groups to demonstrate how social integration and regulation influence individual behavior. It categorizes suicide into types such as egoistic, altruistic, anomic, and fatalistic.
