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· 제목 : [eBook Code] Farewell to the World (eBook Code, 1st) (A History of Suicide)
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 역사 > 사회사
· ISBN : 9780745681504
· 쪽수 : 400쪽
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 역사 > 사회사
· ISBN : 9780745681504
· 쪽수 : 400쪽
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Introduction
Part One: In the West
I. The Worst Sin and the Gravest Crime
II. The Key to Our Prison
III. Killing God, Oneself and Others
IV. If Poverty Does Not Protect
Part Two: In the East
V. Before Becoming a Widow
VI. Making the Strong and Powerful Tremble.
VII. The Body as a Bomb
Conclusions
Introduction
Part One: In the West
I. The worst sin and the gravest crime
1. The rise in suicide: “a most tragic fact”. 2. When did the figure start to rise? 3. The reasons for this growth. 4. Past reactions. 5. Punishments for those who killed themselves or attempted to do so. 6. Dishonourable burial. 7. On the formation of Christian ethics regarding voluntary death. 8. Chastity, rape and adultery. 9. Arabs, Christians and martyrs. 10. Christian beliefs regarding the causes of suicide. 11. Despair and the Redcrosse Knight. 12. Pre-Christian beliefs on the consequences of suicide. 13. Suicide as theft and desertion. 14. A “new crime, that would hardly be believable”. 15. Internal and external controls.
II. The key to our prison
1. The lawfulness of suicide. 2. A changed sensitivity in the literature. 3. A new name for an old deed. 4. Natural and supernatural causes. 5. Melancholy, hypochondria and hysteria. 6. Depenalisation de facto. 7. Depenalisation de iure. 8. Saving endangered lives. 9. The freedom to take one’s own life.
III. Killing God, oneself and others
1. Two opposite trends. 2. Two channels of a single stream. 3. Public and private crimes. 4. What brought about these changes. 5. At the forefront of change. 6. Despair, anger, hatred.
IV. If poverty does not protect
1. Sociology’s “one law” and what remains. 2. When the Jews lost their “ancient immunity”. 3. The effects of Nazism and Fascism. 4. Concentration camps and prisons. 5. The Great Wars. 6. Emigrations. 7. Suicide is a “White thing”. 8. A question of some delicacy. 9. Sexual orientation. 10. Economic depressions [Recessions?] and crises of prosperity. 11. The unforeseen consequences of the shift to methane. 12. The trend inversion in central and northern Europe. 13. The medicalization of suicide and its effects. 14. The treatment of pain and other illnesses. 15. The steep rise in Eastern Europe.
Part Two: In the East
V. Before becoming a widow
1. Sati. 2. The Rite. 3. The effects of polygamy. 4. Funeral and wedding ceremonies. 5. Through love or coercion. 6. Suicides: condemned and admired. 7. The origin and spread of sati as a custom. 8. Sati or widow. 9. A clash of cultures.
VI. Making the strong and powerful tremble.
1. The past. 2. Chinese peculiarities. 3. Continuity and change. 4. Old people and filial devotion. 5. Suicide among Chinese women. 6. Mao Zedong and the May Fourth paradigm. 7. The cultural repertoire of suicides. 8. The State and honouring the virtuous. 9. After a husband’s death. 10. Differences compared to sati. 11. Following the death of a fiancé . 12. A way of not submitting to enemies. 13. After assault and sexual violence. 14. Against arranged marriages. 15. The origin of the changes. 16. Against oneself and others. 17. Female suicide in the last two decades.
VII. The Body as a Bomb
1. Suicide attacks and terrorism. 2. The modern phenomenon of suicide missions. 3. The rationality of weak players. 4. Nationalism and religious differences. 5. The globalisation of suicide missions. 6. Cyberspace. 7. Becoming a suicide bomber. 8. For a noble cause. 9. An army of roses.
Conclusions
Part One: In the West
I. The worst sin and the gravest crime
1. The rise in suicide: “a most tragic fact”. 2. When did the figure start to rise? 3. The reasons for this growth. 4. Past reactions. 5. Punishments for those who killed themselves or attempted to do so. 6. Dishonourable burial. 7. On the formation of Christian ethics regarding voluntary death. 8. Chastity, rape and adultery. 9. Arabs, Christians and martyrs. 10. Christian beliefs regarding the causes of suicide. 11. Despair and the Redcrosse Knight. 12. Pre-Christian beliefs on the consequences of suicide. 13. Suicide as theft and desertion. 14. A “new crime, that would hardly be believable”. 15. Internal and external controls.
II. The key to our prison
1. The lawfulness of suicide. 2. A changed sensitivity in the literature. 3. A new name for an old deed. 4. Natural and supernatural causes. 5. Melancholy, hypochondria and hysteria. 6. Depenalisation de facto. 7. Depenalisation de iure. 8. Saving endangered lives. 9. The freedom to take one’s own life.
III. Killing God, oneself and others
1. Two opposite trends. 2. Two channels of a single stream. 3. Public and private crimes. 4. What brought about these changes. 5. At the forefront of change. 6. Despair, anger, hatred.
IV. If poverty does not protect
1. Sociology’s “one law” and what remains. 2. When the Jews lost their “ancient immunity”. 3. The effects of Nazism and Fascism. 4. Concentration camps and prisons. 5. The Great Wars. 6. Emigrations. 7. Suicide is a “White thing”. 8. A question of some delicacy. 9. Sexual orientation. 10. Economic depressions [Recessions?] and crises of prosperity. 11. The unforeseen consequences of the shift to methane. 12. The trend inversion in central and northern Europe. 13. The medicalization of suicide and its effects. 14. The treatment of pain and other illnesses. 15. The steep rise in Eastern Europe.
Part Two: In the East
V. Before becoming a widow
1. Sati. 2. The Rite. 3. The effects of polygamy. 4. Funeral and wedding ceremonies. 5. Through love or coercion. 6. Suicides: condemned and admired. 7. The origin and spread of sati as a custom. 8. Sati or widow. 9. A clash of cultures.
VI. Making the strong and powerful tremble.
1. The past. 2. Chinese peculiarities. 3. Continuity and change. 4. Old people and filial devotion. 5. Suicide among Chinese women. 6. Mao Zedong and the May Fourth paradigm. 7. The cultural repertoire of suicides. 8. The State and honouring the virtuous. 9. After a husband’s death. 10. Differences compared to sati. 11. Following the death of a fiancé . 12. A way of not submitting to enemies. 13. After assault and sexual violence. 14. Against arranged marriages. 15. The origin of the changes. 16. Against oneself and others. 17. Female suicide in the last two decades.
VII. The Body as a Bomb
1. Suicide attacks and terrorism. 2. The modern phenomenon of suicide missions. 3. The rationality of weak players. 4. Nationalism and religious differences. 5. The globalisation of suicide missions. 6. Cyberspace. 7. Becoming a suicide bomber. 8. For a noble cause. 9. An army of roses.
Conclusions
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