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Citation

Goldney RD, Schioldann JA. Arch. Suicide Res. 2004; 8(1): 23-27.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide, Australia. robert.goldney@adelaide.edu.au

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811110490243822

PMID

16006396

Abstract

Suicide as self-sacrifice was described by early nineteenth century authors before the delineation of altruism by the French Philosopher and Mathematician Auguste Comte. The concept evolved, leading to the categorization of altruistic suicide by Savage in England in 1892 and the elaboration of the term by Durkheim in France in 1897. Pre-Durkheim suicidologists were aware of the subtleties of sacrifice as opposed to revenge in this type of suicide.

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