A brief Summary on The Suicide a book of E.Durkheim ___ written by Souhail Arfaoui

In the work of E Durkheim, the author presents different types of suicide, and undertakes to demonstrate how suicide, a phenomenon which would not a priori be taken from the private sphere, can also be understood as a social fact:  Manic  or maniac suicide: this type is characterized by the fact that the patient kills himself to escape from an imaginary danger or shame or also to obey a mysterious order. Melancholic suicide: It is linked to a general state of extreme depression or exaggerated sadness and which makes the patient no longer appreciate the relationships of the people around him Obsessive suicide: In this case, suicide is caused by a fixed idea of ​​death that has seized the patient's mind suddenly, the latter is obsessed with the idea of ​​death and killing himself, Also calls it anxious suicide. Automatic Suicide: It results from an abrupt impulse is irresistible Imitation: this is the last psychological factor, Durkheim defines this factor as an act which has for immediate antecedent the representation of a similar act previously performed by others. Selfish suicide: It is a sign of an insufficient integration of an individual.
Altruistic suicide: it is the excess of integration that favors this type of suicide, the individual is attached to society to the point of sacrificing his life for it by self-denial. Anomic suicide: Durkheim's dominant form, through suicide, expresses social disorders, characteristic of industrial society, is more frequent in periods of profound change (economic crisis or periods of growth) when Society no longer exerts its moderating influence on the individual. The fatalistic suicide: it is the one who will kill himself because he can no longer bear the heavy burdens of the social norm; Altruistic suicide and fatalistic suicide are more prevalent in traditional societies, while self-suicide and selfish suicide are the most prevalent in industrial societies.