Suicide as a Cultural Institution in Dostoevsky's Russia (Hardcover)


In the popular and scientific imagination, suicide has always been an enigmatic act which defies yet demands explanation. Throughout the centuries, philosophers and writers, journalists and scientists have attempted to endow this act with meaning. In the 19th century, and especially in Russia, suicide became the focus for discussion of such issues as the immortality of the soul, free will and determinism, the physical and the spiritual, the individual and the social. Analyzing a variety of sources - medical reports, social treatises, legal codes, newspaper articles, fiction, private documents left by suicides - Irina Paperno describes the search for the meaning of suicide.

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In the popular and scientific imagination, suicide has always been an enigmatic act which defies yet demands explanation. Throughout the centuries, philosophers and writers, journalists and scientists have attempted to endow this act with meaning. In the 19th century, and especially in Russia, suicide became the focus for discussion of such issues as the immortality of the soul, free will and determinism, the physical and the spiritual, the individual and the social. Analyzing a variety of sources - medical reports, social treatises, legal codes, newspaper articles, fiction, private documents left by suicides - Irina Paperno describes the search for the meaning of suicide.

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Imprint

Cornell University Press

Country of origin

United States

Release date

February 1998

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Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

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Dimensions

229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

288

ISBN-13

978-0-8014-3397-9

Barcode

9780801433979

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LSN

0-8014-3397-5



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