The landmark investigation into Suicide and society?now in a new translation Emile Durkheim, one of the fathers of modern sociology, was the first to suggest that Suicide might be as much a response to society as an act of individual despair.
More than a century after its initial publicati.
When he looked at social, religious, or racial groups that had high incidences of suicide, he discovered that abnormally high or low levels of social integration increase the likelihood of suicide.
The landmark investigation into Suicide and society?now in a new translation Emile Durkheim, one of the fathers of modern sociology, was the first to suggest that Suicide might be as much a response to society as an act of individual despair
