Lifes preservative against self-killing / John Sym ; edited with an introduction by Michael MacDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sym, John., author.

Contributor:

MacDonald, Michael, 1945-

Series:

Psychology Revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicide--England--Prevention--History--Sources.

Suicide.

Suicide--Social aspects--England--History--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book, first published in 1637, was the first full-length treatise on suicide published in English. Originally published in 1988 as part of the Tavistock Classics in the History of Psychiatry series, the introduction by Michael MacDonald places the book in the context of attitudes to suicide in its day, as well as showing some of the ways that this theological book is also a study of the psychology and sociology of suicide. It also discusses the evolution of the law of suicide and analyses the religious beliefs held about it at the time, before going on to look John Sym himself and the structure of his book.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Original Title Page""; ""Original Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface ""; ""Introduction ""; ""The law of suicide""; ""The Reformation""; ""Some counter trends""; ""John Sym and his book""; ""Organization and principal themes""; ""Direct bodily self-murder""; ""Notes""; ""Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing""

Notes:

First published in 1988 by Routledge.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-415-73083-X

1-315-84990-9

1-317-91127-X

9781315849904

OCLC:

922959715