Douglas Social Meanings of Suicide

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6811-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1242, 414 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Douglas, Jack D.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Preface, pg. vii
Contents, pg. xi
Introduction, pg. xiii
Part I. The Durkheimian Approach to Suicide, pg. 1
1. The Historical Context of Durkheim's Theory of Suicide, pg. 3
2. Durkheim's Suicide, pg. 13
3. Introduction to the Post-Durkheimian Theories, pg. 79
4. The Gibbs and Martin Status Integration Theory of Suicide, pg. 84
5. Powell's Status and Anomie Theory of Suicide, pg. 92
6. The Ecological Theories of Suicide, pg. 95
7. The Status Change Theories of Suicide, pg. 109
8. Halbwachs' Subculture Theory of Suicide, pg. 124
9. The Henry and Short Theory of Suicide, pg. 132
10. Gold's Theory of Suicide, pg. 144
11. A Summary of the Weaknesses and Contributions of Sociological Works on Suicide, pg. 152
12. The Nature and Use of the Official Statistics on Suicide, pg. 163
13. Social Actions as Meaningful Actions: Fundamental Considerations of the Nature of "Meaning", pg. 235
14. The Construction of Social Meanings, pg. 247
15. Sources of Information and the Construction of a Theory of Suicidal Actions as Socially Meaningful Actions, pg. 255
16. General Dimensions of the Meanings of Suicidal Phenomena, pg. 271
17. Common Patterns of Meanings Constructed in Which the Meanings of Suicidal Actions are of Fundamental Importance, pg. 284
18. The Suicidal Process, pg. 320
19. General Conclusion, pg. 338
Appendix I. Durkheim's Theory of the Relations Between the Individual and Society and Suicide, pg. 341
Appendix II. The Formal Definitions of Suicide, pg. 350
Bibliography, pg. 385
Index, pg. 393