by Émile Durkheim · Rizzoli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788817014588
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«Il suicidio. Studio di sociologia» is the sociology essay by Émile Durkheim, published by Rizzoli in paperback (410 pages, in Italian).
Durkheim studies suicide as a social phenomenon, not merely an individual one, and analyzes how social integration and regulation influence its rates. Using statistics and comparisons, he explains that it varies according to collective cohesion and distinguishes four types: egoistic, altruistic, anomic and fatalistic. It is a classic of sociology.
2007 edition from the BUR Classici del pensiero collection, with an introduction by Guiducci and translation and commentary by Scramaglia. The work was published in 1897 as «Le suicide».
A reference work for sociology students and readers interested in the classics of social thought.
David Émile Durkheim was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic discipline of sociology, and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, along with Karl Marx and Max Weber.
