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Farewell to the world : a history of suicide / Marzio Barbagli.

By: Language: English Original language: Italian Publisher: Cambridge, UK : Polity, 2015Edition: English editionDescription: xii, 408 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780745662442 (hardback)
  • 9780745662459 (paperback)
Uniform titles:
  • Congedarsi dal mondo. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.2809 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6545 .B24513 2015
Contents:
Part One. In the West -- The worst sin and the gravest crime -- The key to our prison -- Killing God, oneself and others -- If poverty does not protect -- Part Two. In the East -- Before becoming a widow -- Making the strong and powerful tremble -- The body as a bomb -- Conclusions -- Appendix.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HV6545 .B24513 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001393809

"First published in Italian as Congedarsi dal mondo : il suicidio in Occidente e in Oriente, Societa Editrice Il Mulino SPA, 2009"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One. In the West -- The worst sin and the gravest crime -- The key to our prison -- Killing God, oneself and others -- If poverty does not protect -- Part Two. In the East -- Before becoming a widow -- Making the strong and powerful tremble -- The body as a bomb -- Conclusions -- Appendix.

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