SOSC 1930 Chapter Notes -Individualism
27 Nov 2013
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Recognizes that determining the cause of phenomena is usually a difficult thing. Cf-schofield and causal vs. contributory vs. associational (vs. correlational) Observes that even when suicide rates increase within or across nation states, the presumed psychological causes remain in the same proportion. Compares suicide rates of protestants + catholics within a specific geographic region: this eliminates contamination of data, observes that both faiths equally proscribe suicide. Doubt and uncertainty are then a feature of the community of followers less opposed to the certainty of catholicism. Egoistic suicide individualism (absence or low levels of social integration) Altruistic suicide over-identification with the group.
