Test 3 Notes Suicide Social Solidarity o Durkheim s Typology of Suicide Instances of suicide in clips German soldiers ruthless do anything to win war Claude in Degrassi kills himself because he s unhappy in life depressed alienated experienced high state of anomie Review of collective conscience anomie and mechanical organic solidarity Durkheim s Study of 19th Century Suicide Rates Jews Catholics Protestants Married Unmarried Rural Urban Wartime Peace Integration Social Regulation and Too little social regulation anomic suicide too much social regulation fatalistic suicide Sudden prosperity weakened moral regulation anomie suicide Fatalistic suicide losing hope and taking one s own life Egoistic suicide Altruistic suicide taking one for the team German soldiers o Suicide Bombing Suicide Terrorists male female different religions cultures etc o Jonestown Late 1970s 909 followers of a cult leader Jim Jones and all killed themselves Senseless waste tragic failure drink the kool aid Headquarters 24 hour 785 841 2345 CAPS 785 864 2277 Durkheim o Suicide and Social Solidarity o Anomie o Too little social regulation Anomic suicide moral confusion lacking direction often after a major event selfcentered lottery winners major death in family economic loss etc Egoistic Suicide prolonged sense of social isolation not belonging Claude from Degrassi o Too much social regulation Fatalistic Suicide highly regulated no way out of oppressive system etc Rarest form of suicide Ex Prisoner Altruistic Suicide group goals and beliefs more important than individual needs Ex Military actions Jonestown combo of fatalistic altruistic Microsociology looking at individual interactions The Tender Cut o Goffman Presentation of Self in Everyday Life book Dramaturgy saw world as stage and people as actors how people present themselves on the stage of life Front Stage Back Stage how we present ourselves to others strangers front stage Things that go on in our lives to detail back stage Impression management how we dress how we talk body language etc If you can t manage front stage back stage very well anomie might occur people become vulnerable etc Deviance o Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society o Deviance Culture collective conscience we all have a moral understanding culture tells us what standards and expectations are for deviance Deviance is not without culture and culture is not without deviance o Deviance Jonestown town itself was not deviant but they were deviant to country Jones was deviant killed almost 1000 people o Deviance The Tender Cut not always deviant when a self injurer is within a group that does not support the practice it is seen as deviant The people doing the study make it out to be that tons more people engage in the activity more than we think it occurs Methods o Methods in The Tender Cut Internet ethnography studying support groups etc on the internet Don t know if people are more front or back stage o Benefits of Adlers methods huge sample people can be anonymous better connections no judgement more honesty is present o Critiques of Adlers methods it is the Internet real vs faux information seeking out only self injury communities and not others o Limits of Sociological Methods o Pay attention to methods pros cons of methods statistics numbers etc
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