The Idea of Suicide

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The Idea of Suicide is written by Michael J. Kral and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0429676255 (ISBN 10) and 9780429676253 (ISBN 13).

This book is about a new theory of suicide as cultural mimesis, or as an idea that is internalized from culture. Written as part of a new, critical focus in suicidology, this volume moves away from the dominant, strictly scientific understanding of suicide as the result of a mental disorder, and towards positioning suicide as an anthropologically salient, community-driven phenomenon. Written by a leading researcher in the field, this volume presents a conception of suicide as culturally scripted, and it demonstrates how suicide becomes a cultural idiom of distress that for some can become a normative option.