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This 1899 book is a classic not only in theory but in method; it was one of the first to analyze suicide rates in France according to one's religion, age, sex, marital status, and other factors, and Durkheim brilliantly explained three types of suicide: altruistic, egoistic, and anomic.
I explained these three on a national radio show (Dan Rea WBZ radio 1030 am Boston news radio), and it was still understandable 125 years later. Altruistic suicide is like when a soldier lands on a grenade to save his comrades; he or she gives her life for others; anomic suicide is…
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