Citation

Romero MA, Gonnet JP. Rev. Mex. Sociol. 2013; 75(4): 589-616.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

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Abstract

This article focuses on the not always explicit dialogue between Émile Durkheim and Michel Foucault on the issue of suicide. It seeks to summarize both authors' approach to the subject by showing the conceptual network in which they acquire meaning. It also discusses the way in which Durkheim understands morality as a vital requirement for the happiness of the indi-vidual, as opposed to Foucault's politicization of death as an act of resistance against particular forms of administering life. © 2013. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MÉxico-Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales.

Language: es

Keywords

Foucault; Suicide; Durkheim; Anomie; Social norms; Standardization