˜Theœ idea of suicide contagion, imitation, and cultural diffusion

"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, a...

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1. Verfasser: Kral, Michael J. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York ; London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2019
Schriftenreihe:Researching social psychology
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:ix, 134 Seiten
ISBN:9780367026592
978-0-367-02659-2