SOC100H5 Chapter Notes -Subculture, Consumerism, Auguste Comte
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Sociological explanation of suicide: emile durkheim suggest suicide is influenced by social forces. Altruisitic suicide occurs when norms tightly govern behavior: soldiers whoknowingly give up there lives to protect comrades commit altruisitic suisicde because of patriotism. Egoisitic suicide results from poor integration of people into society because of weak social ties to others, unemployed unmarried people more likely to commit suicide then someone who isn"t. Anomic suicide occurs when vague norms govern behavior, anamoic suicides common in sociteies that lack shared codes of morality. Jews durkheim wrote are less likely to commit suicide than christians becaue persecution has made them closer, social solidarity, belonging to a group, Marx, durkheim and weber were commited to the scientific method of research much like comte. Weber argued that favourable economic circumstances did not cause early capitalist development, 16-17th century protestants believed their religious doubts could be reduced and state of grace assured,