The spread of Suicide
Communism and the Spread of Suicide
According
to Emile Durkheim (1951), suicide was considered as one of the most intensely
individual acts, which are purely determined by biographical and psychological
factors. Variations in suicide differ
from one ethnic, religious, racial and occupational group to another. Durkheim
believed that there is a relationship between society and self and this highly
contributes to the spread of suicide. Suicide rates is an indication of the
extend to which people are not included
into the societies group of life (Durkheim, 1951). Suicide rates are higher in the communist countries due to the
dramatic effects on the communist rule on the social lifestyle.
