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Why Do We Hurt Ourselves?: Understanding Self-Harm in Social Life

Why Do We Hurt Ourselves?: Understanding Self-Harm in Social Life

Brossard, Baptiste

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General ParentingGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0253036399
ISBN13: 9780253036391
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: Sep 1 2018
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

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.

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