Durkheim's Suicide

Durkeim''s book on suicide, first published in 1897, is widely regarded as a classic text, and is essential reading for any student of Durkheim''s thought and sociological method. This book examines the continuing importance of Durkheim''s methodology. The wide-ranging chapters cover such issues as the use of statistics, explanation of suicide, anomie and religion and the morality of suicide. It w...