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Farewell to the world : a history of suicide /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barbagli, Marzio, 1938- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Other Authors: Byatt, Lucinda (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, [2015]
Edition:English edition.
Subjects:
Suicide > History.
Suicide > Sociological aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. In the West
  • The worst sin and the gravest crime
  • The key to our prison
  • Killing God, oneself and others
  • If poverty does not protect
  • Part II. In the East
  • Before becoming a widow
  • Making the strong and powerful tremble
  • The body as a bomb
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix.