Emile Durkheim's Suicide and the Response of Anthony Giddens

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In a paper consisting of six pages sociologist's response to Durkheim's study is discussed in terms of Giddens' dismissal of Durkheim's definitions, various misunderstandings connected with the theoretical concepts and his view that the functionalist perspective is not an accurate approach to the issue of suicide. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography.