David Emil Durkheim and the Social Causes of Suicide

David Emil Durkheim is a famous sociologist and professor of sociology at the beginning of France. He was born in France on April 15 and insisted that sociology is recognized as an academic discipline. In 1893 he completed his first identifiable work called "social division of labor" and then opened the first European sociology department in his hometown of France. The main focus of David Durkheim is to understand how the community maintains its integrity and consistency in modern times where general religious and ethnic backgrounds are hindering.

Book Review of "Suicide" by Emile Durchem About one century ago, French sociologist Emile Durkem became interested in suicide. He asked why people committed suicide. In his era, the general answer to this question was suffering an unbearable loss, whether the suicide was down or psychotic. Another philosophical answer has also been raised: Because it is part of his personality, people commit suicide. However, Durchem is not satisfied with these explanations.

Emile Dürkem pointed out that suicide rates in European countries seemed to rise further during the political difficulties of 1848. Emile Durkheim recognizes that the suicide rate may be related to social stability and social integration. Using this theory Emile Durkheim used different data sets, mainly from European countries. Observing suicide rates in various countries in Europe, he noticed the difference in their situation, but began to notice patterns. Most countries with Protestant religion have higher suicide rates than Catholic countries. There are 190 suicides per million in major Protestant countries. These figures are compared with Protestant and Catholic mixed faith countries. There are 58 suicides per million in major Catholic countries. He pointed out that Prussia's suicide rate is higher than Bavaria

Emile Durchem (1858-1917) is one of the pioneers of sociology and he showed that social power can play a role even in strong personal behaviors such as suicide. Applying Durkheim's logic, you can see that the higher the suicide rate of white men and men, the higher the freedom of wealth and freedom. As Durkheim did a century ago, we can see a general sociological pattern in the personal behavior of a particular individual. The times of change and crisis will encourage everyone to feel somewhat imbalanced and use a sociological point of view. Sociologist C. Wright Mills (1959) used the Great Depression of 1930 to explain this point. When the unemployment rate soared to 25%, people can not see general social forces working in their particular life.