On Suicide by Émile Durkheim

On Suicide

Émile Durkheim with Robin Buss (Translator), Richard Sennett

450 pages first pub 1897 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The landmark investigation into suicide and society--now in a new translation mile 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. When...

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informative 80%
reflective 60%
challenging 50%
dark 30%
sad 30%
tense 20%
emotional 10%

Pace

slow 100%

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