• Childless people had higher possibility of committing suicide • More Protestants commit suicides, compared to Catholics or Jews • Soldiers are more likely to commit suicide. ... Japanese soldiers committing hara-kiri is a form of altruistic suicide. ... Durkheim uses the army as an example, "Influenced by this predisposition," Durkheim notes "the soldier kills himself at the least disappointment, for the most futile reasons, for a refusal of leave, a reprimand an unjust punishment, a delay in promotion, a question of honor, a flush of momenta...

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Abstract In recent years, many critiques expressed their concern about the social issue of gender in Western cultures. Although the notion of gender may seem obvious and natural to many people, nowadays, many others agree that this issue deserves more attention. The aim of this assignment is to disc...

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Content Book 1 - Extra Social Factors Suicide and Psychopathic States Durkheim, as mentioned in the introduction, conducted the study of suicide to prove that it was social, rather than extra social factors that influenced suicide. The first extra social factor, to which suicide was mostly attributed to is insanity. Durkheim investigated this theory and pointed out that if suicide was caused by a certain insanity then this would be termed as ˜monomania' " in Durkheim's words, "a delirium of localized nature " that is, a person is otherwise normal but has sudden desires...

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Culture CULTURE What is culture? Culture includes language, ideas, beliefs, customs, codes, institutions, tools, techniques, and works of art, rituals, and ceremonies, among other elements. The existence and use of culture depends upon ability possessed by humans alone. This ability has been...

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At the opening of the Lord of the Flies, a plane, transporting a group of boys from England is attacked and crashes in the jungle. Two boys, Ralph and Piggy, meet and make their way to the beach. Upon their arrival, they discover a conch shell near the water. Using the shell as a trumpet, Ralph s...

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