"We are the only species on the face of the planet that deliberately ends its own life. More often than not, it is negative social evaluations - real or imagined - that drive us to it. But what is it about the human brain that means that we may not only entertain suicidal though…
Forfatteren undersøger, hvordan den vestlige kulturs holdning til selvmord afspejler værdinormernes ændring gennem tiderne
In this compact and illuminating history, Georges Minois examines how a culture's attitudes about suicide reflect its larger beliefs and values--attitudes toward life and death, duty and honor, pain and pleasure. Minois begins his survey with classical Gr.
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…
"There is but one truly serious philosophical problem", wrote Albert Camus", and that is suicide". According to Georges Minois, the complexity of the problem is reflected in Western culture's contradictory and ambivalent attitudes on the subject. Cato, Cleopatra, and Samson were…
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…
