Resource Tag: POLITICS

This article discusses an image of a child dressed in the uniform of a Palestinian suicide bomber that circulated in the media under the name ‘The baby bomber’. The author examines both the claims made about the picture by Israeli & Palestinian authorities, & the reception of the image in the Western media. Focusing on […]

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This commentary explores the impact of the Cultural Revolution instigated by Mao Zedong in Communist China from 1966 to 1976 on suicidal behaviour. Cases of individuals who completed suicide are presented, together with examples of the suicide notes they left. The lack of protest suicide is noted. (22 refs)

Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

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This article explores common political & social-psychological factors involved in acts of self-immolation that took place in Vietnam & South Korea in the later part of the 20th century. Drawing upon the work of Durkheim, the author identifies some key analytical distinctions between altruistic suicide & cases of self-immolation. Using suicide notes, diaries, & letters […]

For the original article by A Abdel-Khalek, please see SIEC #2004-1278

Initial support is outlined for a new scale called the Life Ownership Orientation Questionnaire, which assesses the extent to which one believes that God, the individual, or society has the power to control & govern one’s life. The strength of respondents’ god ownership orientation demonstrated higher predictive validity with regard to attitudes toward abortion, suicide, […]

The author discusses both the political & aesthetical implications of Mishima Yukio’s suicide on 25 November, 1970 in the traditional Japanese warrior manner of seppuku, following an unsuccessful attempt to incite a unit of the Self-Defence Forces to a coup d’etat.

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The author discusses suicide as an outcome of bullying, using the history of an internationally renowned doctor who completed suicide to explore the issue. He emphasizes the need for increased awareness about suicide risk factors & intervention techniques.

The authors investigated whether preceding regional suicide rates are related to subsequent election results. Stepwise weighted multiple regression of averaged standardized suicide rates for the preceding period in each of Austria’s policital districts led to a significant model. The findings suggest that variations in preceding regional suicide incidence might be mirrored in subsequent voting behavior. […]

This article addresses the misconception that contemporary suicide terrorists from the Middle East are crazed cowards bent on senseless destruction who thrive in poverty & ignorance. The author argues that recent research indicates they have no appreciable psychopathology & are as educated & economically well-off as surrounding populations. He argues that a first line of […]

This article compares the mass suicide of the People’s Temple followers at Jonestown in Guyana in November, 1978, with the suicidal activities of the Russian “Old Believers” in the late seventeenth & early eighteenth centuries. A short review of the Great Schism in the Russian Orthodox Church is provided, followed by a summary discussion of […]

This article discusses the life of Silas Deane, accused of treason against the United States in the late eighteenth century, & the rumors of suicide fabricated at his death in 1789 by a guilty associate.