Citation

Manning J. Dilemas Rev. Estud. Conflito Controle Soc. 2015; 8(1): 97-126.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Publisher Editora Garamond)

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Abstract

Most sociological theories explain suicide with static macro-social conditions, such as a degree of social integration or inequality. Thus these theories do not actually identify the dynamic causes of individual suicides. To correct this shortcoming I draw from Donald Black's theory of conflict, which explains clashes of right and wrong with the movement of social time - dynamic fluctuations of social space, including relationship-level changes in intimacy and inequality. I propose that suicide is caused by increases in inequality and decreases in intimacy, and the probability of suicide varies directly with the size and speed of these changes.

Language: en

Keywords

Suicide; Violence; Theory; Deviance; Pure sociology