Durkheim's Suicide

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Durkheim's Suicide is written by W.S.F. Pickering and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1134626118 (ISBN 10) and 9781134626113 (ISBN 13).

Durkeim's book on suicide, first published in 1897, is widely regarded as a classic text, and is essential reading for any student of Durkheim's thought and sociological method. This book examines the continuing importance of Durkheim's methodology. The wide-ranging chapters cover such issues as the use of statistics, explanation of suicide, anomie and religion and the morality of suicide. It will be of vital interest to any serious scholar of Durkheim's thought and to the sociologist looking for a fresh methodological perspective.