A dialogue between Durkheim and Foucault on the subject of suicide

A dialogue between Durkheim and Foucault on the subject of suicide

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 unders...

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Título traduzido: Un diálogo entre Durkheim y Foucault a propósito del suicidio
Título da revista: Revista Mexicana de Sociología
Primer autor: María Aurora Romero
Outros autores: Juan Pablo Gonnet
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Ligação recurso: http://revistamexicanadesociologia.unam.mx/index.php/rms/article/view/42269
Tipo de recurso: Artigo de revista
Fonte: Revista Mexicana de Sociología; Vol 75, No 4 (Ano 2013).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/iis.01882503p.2013.4.42269
Entidade editora: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Direitos de utilização: Reconocimiento - NoComercial - SinObraDerivada (by-nc-nd)
Matérias: Ciências Sociais e Humanidades --> Sociologia
Resumo: 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 individual, as opposed to Foucault’s politicization of death as an act of resistance against particular forms of administering life.
Resumo traduzido: El presente artículo busca tensar el diálogo no siempre explícito entre Émile Durkheim y Michel Foucault, a través del tema del suicidio. Se desea desarrollar sintéticamente las problematizaciones de ambos autores sobre dicho tema, mostrando la red conceptual en que las mismas adquieren sentido. Asimismo, se expone la forma en la que Durkheim comprende la moralidad como un componente vital para lafelicidad del individuo, frente a la politización foucaultiana de la muerte como un acto de resistencia en contra de formas particulares de administración de la vida.