Escape from life: the unique philosophy of Emile Durkheim

Abstract

Based on the philosophical and sociological studies of the French philosopher and sociologist Emile Durkheim studied as important and relevant, especially for our time as the problem of suicide. In the article the author’s reflections on the various causes of suicide, analyzes the literature on this problem. The author poses the following objectives: to find what social factors (their Emile Durkheim calls social suicide rate) affect suicide, threaten to increase the number of suicides and show in what proportion the problem of suicide is to other social problems and which way it turned out to possible influence it, ie how to reduce the propensity to suicide in people. The article analyzes, which was related to suicide in different periods of history. The conclusion is that suicide is condemned almost every religion. Also in the article the author examines the notion of euthanasia. But the greatest emphasis is the author makes the social and philosophical aspect of the problem, on which the study is based renowned French philosopher and sociologist Emile Durkheim «Suicide: a sociological study».

Keywords

• Е. Дюркгейм
• самогубство
• самотність
• суспільство
• соціологічний метод
• індивід
• відчуження