Anomie, Suicide, and the Pathologies of Modern Society — Quiz

Durkheim's finding that suicide rates rose during economic booms as well as busts was used to support which argument?

Explain why Durkheim insisted that social phenomena must be explained by other social facts rather than by individual psychology. Use an example from *Suicide* to illustrate your answer.

According to Durkheim, what is the primary sociological object of study in *Suicide*?

What is fatalistic suicide, and why did Durkheim treat it so briefly compared with the other three types?

Which type of suicide arises from too little social integration?

What did W. S. Robinson's concept of the ecological fallacy specifically warn against in the context of *Suicide*?

How did Merton's 1938 strain theory modify Durkheim's concept of anomie?

Jack Douglas's critique of *Suicide* centred primarily on which problem?

Which of the following best describes the concept of 'regulation' in Durkheim's typology?

Which contemporary phenomenon has been analysed using Durkheim's concept of the anomic division of labour?

How does Case and Deaton's analysis of 'deaths of despair' in the United States illustrate the contemporary relevance of Durkheimian theory?

Critically evaluate Durkheim's claim that suicide rates are social facts explicable by social-structural variables rather than by individual psychology. In your answer, assess both the methodological innovations of *Suicide* and the principal critiques the book has attracted, and consider whether the central claim survives those critiques.