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"A timely and important contribution to the emerging anthropological critique of 'suicide' as a kind of human behaviour and as an object for social and medical intervention." -- Dr. Tom Widger Centre for Medical Humanities

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Acknowledgments Note Introduction PART ONE. The "Problem" of Striving 1 Between the Devil and the Deep Sea 2 Gazing at the Stars, Aiming for the Treetops 3 Tales the Dead Are Made to Tell PART TWO. On Living in a Time of Suicide 4 Care-full Acts 5 Anywhere but Here 6 Fit for the Future Afterword Notes References Index

In Pursuit of the Good Life

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 08/03/2014
      ISBN13: 9780520281165, 978-0520281165
      ISBN10: 0520281160
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "A timely and important contribution to the emerging anthropological critique of 'suicide' as a kind of human behaviour and as an object for social and medical intervention." -- Dr. Tom Widger Centre for Medical Humanities

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Note Introduction PART ONE. The "Problem" of Striving 1 Between the Devil and the Deep Sea 2 Gazing at the Stars, Aiming for the Treetops 3 Tales the Dead Are Made to Tell PART TWO. On Living in a Time of Suicide 4 Care-full Acts 5 Anywhere but Here 6 Fit for the Future Afterword Notes References Index

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