SOC201H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Michel De Montaigne, Protestantism, World View
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Suicide before durkheim (not test material: in catholic religion, in french law, in philosophy- michel de montaigne. Suicide by emile durkheim (1897) (testable: why study suicide, a test case: (socialist party) michels: wants equality in society. Choosing a political party where it"s least likely to find inequality. Choosing a subject matter where it seems very unpromising: an index of social solidarity, mechanical and organic. So seeing the same people over and over again. As long as people contribute together, society will work. Rates (suicide rates) have a certain consistency to it. Higher this year, will be higher next year. A super individual phenomenon, where it cannot be explain by just individual behavior: race: theory and evidence. Certain race have disposition to commit suicide. Germans suicide more not because of their characteristics but of. If race is a good predictor of suicide, we would find a similarities civilization. In other words, society is responsible: imitation: theory and evidence.
