Culture, suicide, and the human condition. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Marja-Liisa Honkasalo and Miira Tuominen.
• Other Names: Honkasalo, Marja-Liisa; Tuominen, Miira
• Contents: Culture, Suicide, and the Human Condition; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Varieties of Suicide; Part I. Suicide; Chapter 1. The Construction of the Suicidal Self in Phenomenological Psychology; Chapter 2. When It Is Worth the Trouble to Die; Part II. Ancient and Medieval Approaches to Suicide; Chapter 3. "Tell Him to Follow Me as Quickly as Possible"; Chapter 4. Free Philosophers and Tragic Women; Chapter 5. Moral Philosophical Arguments against Suicide in the Middle Ages; Part III. Morality, Politics, and Violence. Chapter 6. "She Kissed Death with a Smile"; Chapter 7. "When We Stop Living, We Also Stop Dying"; Afterword; Notes on Contributors; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 219 pages .)
• Subjects: 362.28; Suicide -- Social aspects; Suicide -- Philosophy; Depression; Suicide -- Philosophy; Suicide -- Social aspects; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; PSYCHOLOGY -- Suicide; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1782382356; 9781782382355
• Related ISBNs: 9781782382348; 1782382348
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.