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Culture, Suicide, and the Human Condition


Culture, Suicide, and the Human Condition


1. Aufl.

von: Marja-Liisa Honkasalo, Miira Tuominen

38,99 €

Verlag: Berghahn Books
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 01.03.2014
ISBN/EAN: 9781782382355
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 230

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<p> Suicide is a puzzling phenomenon. Not only is its demarcation problematic but it also eludes simple explanation. The cultures in which suicide mortality is high do not necessarily have much else in common, and neither is a single mental illness such as depression sufficient to lead a person to suicide. In a word, despite its statistical regularity, suicide is unpredictable on the individual level. The main argument emerging from this collection is that suicide should not be understood as a separate realm of pathological behavior but as a form of human action. As such it is always dependent on the decision that the individual makes in a cultural, ethical and socio-economic context, but the context never completely determines the decision. This book also argues that cultural narratives concerning suicide have a problematic double function: in addition to enabling the community to make sense of self-inflicted death, they also constitute a blueprint depicting suicide as a solution to common human problems.</p>
<p> List of Figures and Tables</p>
<p> <strong>Introduction:</strong> Culture, Suicide, and the Human Condition<br> <em>Marja-Liisa Honkasalo and Miira Tuominen</em></p>
<p> <strong>PART I: SUICIDE: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES</strong></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 1. </strong>The Construction of the Suicidal Self in Phenomenological Psychology<br> <em>Charles J-H Macdonald and Jean Naudin</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 2.</strong><span> When it is Worth the Trouble to Die: The Cultural Valuation of Suicide<br> <em>María Cátedra</em></span></p>
<p> <strong>PART II: ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL APPROACHES TO SUICIDE</strong></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 3.</strong> “Tell Him to Follow Me as Quickly as Possible” – Plato’s <em>Phaedo</em> (60c–63c) on Self-Killing<br> <em>Miira Tuominen</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 4. </strong>Free Philosophers and Tragic Women – Stoic Perspectives on Suicide<br> <em>Malin Grahn</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 5.</strong><span> Moral Philosophical Arguments against Suicide in the Middle Ages<br> <em>Virpi Mäkinen</em></span></p>
<p> <strong>PART III: MORALITY, POLITICS, AND VIOLENCE - SUICIDE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES</strong></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 6.</strong> “She Kissed Death with a Smile”: The Politics and Moralities of the Female Suicide Bomber<br> <em>Susanne Dahlgren</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 7. </strong>“When We Stop Living, We also Stop Dying” –&#xa0;Men, Suicide, and Moral Agency<br> <em>Marja-Liisa Honkasalo</em></p>
<p> <strong>Afterword</strong><br> <em>Arthur Kleinman</em></p>
<p> Notes on Contributors</p>
<p> <strong>Miira Tuominen </strong>is a University Lecturer in philosophy (University of Jyväskylä) and currently works as an Academy of Finland Research Fellow. She has published two monographs <em>Apprehension and Argument: Ancient Theories of Starting Points for Knowledge</em> (Springer 2007) and <em>Ancient Commentators on Plato and Aristotle</em> (Acumen/University of California Press 2009) and numerous articles. She has worked at two centers of excellence in Finland, at the Centre for Advanced Study (Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters), and at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Study.</p>

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