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A unified study of suicide
28 Apr, 2010 in Books, Death and Immortality, PHIL 500, Religion Blog, SuicideFrom the Chronicle of Higher Education, a review on a new about the myths relating to suicide by Thomas Joiner: As its title announces, Myths About Suicide also seeks to debunk the myriad ways that suicide is stigmatized by ignorance, disgust, contempt, and callousness. Is suicide cowardly, as commonly held? No, says Joiner, because overriding [...]
Isn’t it odd how when you are studying something, be it a car to buy or a topic you’re studying in class, that BAM! The car, the topic, or whatever seems to be everywhere. When I was in high school I used to feel that I was much more responsible for the cosmic convergence. Nowadays, [...]
Can an animal commit suicide?
31 Mar, 2010 in Death and Immortality, PHIL 500, Religion Blog, Science and Technology, SuicideOn Andrew Sullivan’s blog there’s been a thread on this question. I’ll track back and read it from the beginning, but the question is interesting. In the Death and Immortality course we’ve touched on suicide here and there, mostly when considering whether death is a harm. Warning! The discussion is on the creepy side. Below [...]
Another epidemic it seems. This time of “genuine” suicides as opposed to “suicide bombers”. “Young people see this as a way to give meaning to what seem like meaningless lives,” said Sudhir Kakar, a prominent psychoanalyst and novelist who has written extensively about mental health in India. “It is a way to become a hero, [...]
Before I left home today news of the plane crash was on. The early reports were that it didn’t appear to be a terrorist attack. But since the IRS had an office in the building I know many thought there was a connection. Very sad. There’s the mental illness part, sure. But after reading his [...]
Perhaps there is just as much stigma associated with suicide today as there was decades ago. Maybe it’s a different kind of stigma, one that “only” embraces a kind of silence and not shame. But maybe the two are still connected. CNN.com had this brief article on the survivors of suicide: Although their stories are [...]