Durkheim on Japanese Suicide

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This paper present the high figures of suicide in Japan over recent decades including statistics and graphs. It then introduces Emile Durkheim's anomie theory and discusses how this can be applied to the problem facing Japan. It uses the theory to try and explain the high rates of suicide. The paper then concludes that while the model is complex with many variables, the Durkheimian theory of anomie can be successfully applied to account for the high incidence of suicide in the country. Graphs. Tables.

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1. Suicide in Japan
2 Durkheim's Theory of Anomie
3. Durkheim's Reasons for Suicide
4. Anomie in Japan
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"In conclusion, Durkheim's theory of anomie is applicable to the high rate of suicide in Japan due to the dislocation and deregulation of normative structures within the culture. This relates to Japan's rush towards industrialization in the twentieth century and the development of an open and technologically-based society. Central events within the history of the culture, such as the reduction in status of the Emperors, were also major contributory elements towards an anomic society. The tenets of an open market and capitalism also were major contributing factors. This resulted in a societal imbalance in the inability to reconcile ends and means in terms of aspirations and desires within the society."

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