Suicide

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Using Emile Durkheim's sociological research on suicide as a grounding, this essay examines the way in which suicide can be sociologically investigated as a phenomenon. It logically discusses the differing types of suicide and possible explanations for these. The sociological imagination is discussed for its unparalleled ability to link micro with macro, or the individual with society, and expose a cultural explanation for suicide.

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"The Sociological Imagination is an important aspect of sociology. If sociology is the study of social behavior and relationships within society, then the sociological imagination enables us to link personal experiences with wider societal relationships. The phenomenon of suicide is one that sociology has been interested in explaining for over a century and to understand how such a sociological phenomenon affects present society we must research it from the following perspectives; historically, culturally, structurally and critically."

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