| The Idea of Suicide: Contagion, Imitation, and Cultural Diffusion Contributor(s): Kral, Michael J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367026597 ISBN-13: 9780367026592 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Applied Psychology - Psychology | Social Psychology - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
| Series: Researching Social Psychology |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 134 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |