The evidence, Durkheim argued back in 1897, shows that “each society has a definite aptitude for suicide” which is a social fact that is external to the individual members of a given society.

The anarchist, the esthete, the mystic, the revolutionary socialist, even if they do not despair of the future, agree with the pessimist in the same sentiment of hatred and disgust for whatever is; in ...

Robert A. Strikwerda, An Analysis of Alasdair MacIntyre's "Notes on Durkheim's Suicide", Durkheimian Studies / Études Durkheimiennes, New Series, Vol. 3 (1997), pp. 59-72 Free online reading for over ...

As Covid-19 social distancing distorts social bonds, revisiting Durkheim’s theory of suicide The French sociologist proposed a correlation between social pathology and suicide.

Mark Abrahamson, Sudden Wealth, Gratification and Attainment: Durkheim's Anomie of Affluence Reconsidered, American Sociological Review, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Feb., 1980 ... organization helping the ...