Farewell to the world : a history of suicide / Marzio Barbagli.
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
- unmediated
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- 9780745662442 (hardback)
- 9780745662459 (paperback)
- Congedarsi dal mondo. English
- 362.2809 23
- HV6545 .B24513 2015
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"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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