Suicide, agency and the limits of power
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2015
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Jaworski, K.
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Broz, L.
Munster, D.
Munster, D.
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Source details - Title: Suicide and agency: Anthropological perspectives on self-destruction, personhood and power, 2015 / Broz, L., Munster, D. (ed./s), Ch.10, pp.183-201
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Suicide is commonly understood as an explicitly individual choice and act (Andriessen 2006). As one definition describes: "Suicide can be defined as a deliberate taking of one's life" (Australian Bureau of Statistics [ABS] 2004:3). With some cultural exceptions, this deliberate taking takes place in private. The problem with this understanding lies in how agency is recognized in the material act of suicide.
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Copyright 2015 Ludek Broz, Daniel Munster and the contributors