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History of Suicide

Voluntary Death in Western Culture (Medicine and Culture)

by Georges Minois

1999 387 pages eng

In his illuminating history, Georges Minois examines how a culture's attitudes about suicide reflect its larger beliefs and values - perspectives on life and death, duty and honor, pain and pleasure. Minois addresses a wide range of questions drawn from theology, law, literature, science, and medici…

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