emile durkkheim theory of suicide and types of suicide diagramatic presentation https://youtu.be/f4l02VLSZFc

1. EMILE
DURKHEIM
1858-1917
THEORY OF SUICIDE

2. •Not explaining why any specific individual committed
suicide
He interested in differences in suicide rates
•Only social facts could explain why one group had a higher
rate of suicide than did another
2 ways of evaluating suicide rates :-
Cross – culturally Historically
(Compare different societies (changes In the
or other types of collectivities ) suicide rate in the
same collectivity
over time)

3. • the difference of suicide rates would be the
consequence of variations in sociological factors, in
particular, social currents.
• Durkheim acknowledged that individuals may have
reasons for committing suicide, but these reasons are
not the real cause: real cause of suicide is social.

4. Four Types of Suicide
•the types of suicide is related with his two underlying
social facts—integration and regulation
Integration: refers to the strength of the attachment that
we have to society.
Regulation: refers to the degree of external constraint on
people

5. Integration
Low: Egoistic suicide -Suicide resulting from failure,
depression
Characteristic of traditional societies with a high degree
of mechanical solidarity
High :altruistic suicide -Sati in India , soldiers in war
Regulation
Low: Anomic suicide -Normlessnes
Subtypes of anomic suicide:
1.Acute economic:decrease in ability of traditional
institutions to regulate and fulfill social needs
2.Chronic economic: when there is an abolition of social
regulation ,but failure to replace them with new ones.
High: fatalistic suicide -Excessive control of society
over an individual

6. TRADITIONAL
SOCIETIES
MODERN
SOCIETIES
FATALISTIC
High Regulation
ANOMIC
Low Regulation
TYPES OF SUICIDE ACCORDING TO DURKHEIM
ALTRUISTIC
High Integration
EGOISTIC
Low Integration

7. REFERENCES
1.ESSENTIAL SOCIOLOGY- NITIN SANGWAN
2.SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY-GEORGE RITZER