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"Some studies maybe more recent, but Durkheim's work remains the most significant Sociological analysis of Suicide in modern societies"Assess the extent to which Sociological arguments and evidence support this claim.
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Jennifer Anderson "Some studies maybe more recent, but Durkheim's work remains the most significant Sociological analysis of Suicide in modern societies" Assess the extent to which Sociological arguments and evidence support this claim. In regards to Suicide it would seem perhaps more realistic to consider the subject as an individual and personal act, a job which might seem more suitable for Psychologists to explain, it may not seem an obvious subject for a Sociologist to study. In the past it has been more commonly thought that Suicide was a result of a person's mental state, however suicide was given an all new perspective once Durkheim in 1897 used Positivist methods to study the subject. Durkheim chose this subject in attempts to illustrate the potential of society to help understand complex social processes. Since this time other Socioligists have followed in Durkheim's footsteps in the study of suicide but it is questionable...
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