- Title
- Suicidology as a social practice
- Creator
- Fitzpatrick, Scott J.; Hooker, Claire; Kerridge, Ian
- Relation
- Social Epistemology Vol. 29, Issue 3, p. 303-322
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2014.895448
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- Suicide has long been the subject of philosophical, literary, theological and cultural–historical inquiry. But despite the diversity of disciplinary and methodological approaches that have been brought to bear in the study of suicide, we argue that the formal study of suicide, that is, suicidology, is characterized by intellectual, organizational and professional values that distinguish it from other ways of thinking and knowing. Further, we suggest that considering suicidology as a “social practice” offers ways to usefully conceptualize its epistemological, philosophical and practical norms. This study develops the idea of suicidology as a social practice and considers the implications for research, practice and public discourse.
- Subject
- suicide; suicidology; social practice; ethics
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1348136
- Identifier
- uon:30160
- Identifier
- ISSN:1464-5297
- Rights
- This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Social Epistemology on 12/03/2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02691728.2014.895448
- Language
- eng
- Full Text
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