Why do we hurt ourselves? :: understanding self-harm in social life /

Why does an estimated 5% of the general population intentionally and repeatedly hurt themselves' What are the reasons certain people resort to self-injury as a way to manage their daily lives' In Why Do We Hurt Ourselves, sociologist Baptiste Brossard draws on a five-year survey of self-in...

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1. Verfasser: Brossard, Baptiste, 1985- (VerfasserIn, ÜbersetzerIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Todd, Rohan (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
French
Veröffentlicht: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2018]
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Zusammenfassung:Why does an estimated 5% of the general population intentionally and repeatedly hurt themselves' What are the reasons certain people resort to self-injury as a way to manage their daily lives' In Why Do We Hurt Ourselves, sociologist Baptiste Brossard draws on a five-year survey of self-injurers and suggests that the answers can be traced to social, more than personal, causes. Self-injury is not a matter of disturbed individuals resorting to hurting themselves in the face of individual weaknesses and difficulties. Rather, self-injury is the reaction of individuals to the tensions that compose, day after day, the tumultuousness of their social life and position. Self-harm is a practice that people use to self-control and maintain order'to calm down, or to avoid "going haywire" or "breaking everything." More broadly, through this research Brossard works to develop a perspective on the contemporary social world at large, exploring quests for self-control in modern Western societies
Beschreibung:Translation by Baptiste Brossard and Rohan Todd.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 188 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780253036414
0253036410
9780253036438
0253036437