In about 2001, sociologist Barbagli realized that the conventional theory of suicide had become obsolete since it was articulated by French academic Émile Durkheim in 1897, and set out to
construct a comparative history that would account for changes in suicide rates over time and space--the differences between historical periods, countries, and social groups. Looking first at
The West, he discusses the worst sin and the gravest crime; the key to our prison; killing God, oneself, and others; and when poverty does not protect. Then he turns to The East and covers
before becoming a widow, making the strong and powerful tremble, and the body as a bomb. Distributed in the US by Wiley. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
