Title

About Some 19Th-Century Theories Of Suicide: Interpreting Suicide In An East European Country

Keywords

Durkheim; Eastern Europe; Masaryk; Minorities; Suicide

Abstract

In this article I compare the suicide theories advanced by two 19th-century thinkers, Masaryk and Durkheim, and test their conclusions using data from an East European country, Romania, before and after the 1989 fall of communism. Using data from various sources (censuses, vital statistical publications, European databases), I follow two main directions in my discussion: a) differences and similarities between the two theories of suicide and b) what can still be used from these theories to explain suicide as a social phenomenon. © 2007 Sage Publications.

Publication Date

10-1-2007

Publication Title

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volume

48

Issue

5

Number of Pages

417-432

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0020715206070269

Socpus ID

34848857013 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/34848857013

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