Power and class in the united
Power and class in the united1.On Durkheim, Why do the U.S.A have a high suicide rate use Durkheim's two notions Egoistic and Anomie suicide?
Durkheim insisted that individuals were born into an existing social structure consisting of institutions, norms, rules, roles, customs and ideals to which they conformed. The U.S.A is no exception because lady liberty follows a social structure. The high rate of suicide is because of Individual Isolation. The breakup of the family could be working or divorced. The grandparents may live in a Sunbelt state. Science or superstition may weaken the loss of religion that includes rituals, church groups, and the beliefs. Another reason the suicide rate is high in the U.S.A is the loss of community. You can be lonely walking into a crowd, they now starting building malls, there's no town center, and urban; suburban sprawl are rapidly increasing. When people feel they don't belong to something, they don't have the need to be wanted. They tend to feel that no one wants them around. The Anomie starts to kick in because they started to lose the norms and values of society. Moral confusion sets in.
2.From Durkheim, Why does Japan have a high suicide rate, use Durkheim's notion of Altruistic Suicide?
Japan has a high suicide rate, which we call altruistic suicide. Most of the suicide that occurs in Japan is because the individual shames the family or religion. Japanese culture has a family with close ties. There are grandparents, uncles many elderly people living within the family. An example would be if the best friend of a man were told to carry his ashes and bring it to the family on the other side of town when he dies. The best friend will go and do what his friend told him to do but on the way there he gets jump by a bunch of thieves. They knock over his friend 's ashes. The best friend will feel ashamed and will feel that he shamed his friend family. So the honorable thing is to kill him self. The family members will not say anything to comfort him, to make him feel that it wasn't his fault. Instead they feel that dying is the honorable thing to do. In war times kamikaze was perform by Japanese soldiers. They could not come back to their homes during war because they taught it was dishonorable and they will go straight to heaven if they died during combat.
3.Why does New Jersey have a high rate of teen suicide, use some of Durkheim's notions?
One reason why New Jersey has a high teen suicide rate because of Individual Isolation. New Jersey is entirely urban and suburban so the loss of community is there. The feeling of you walking around lonely in a crowd in Jersey...
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