Uncultural Behavior: An Anthropological Investigation of Suicide in the Southern Philippines

Dismissing an 'explanation resting solidly on cultural or social-structural variables', he proposes instead to consider the consistently high suicide rate of the Kulbi 'from the point of view of neurobiology and genetics as well as from a psychological, social, and historical perspect...

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Published in:The Australian Journal of Anthropology 2008, Vol.19 (1), p.112-113
Main Author: Ugarte, Eduardo F
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology
Behavior
Cultural behaviour
Ethnographic research
Neurosciences
Philippines
Psychological anthropology
River basins
Social sciences
Society
Suicide
Suicides & suicide attempts
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Summary:Dismissing an 'explanation resting solidly on cultural or social-structural variables', he proposes instead to consider the consistently high suicide rate of the Kulbi 'from the point of view of neurobiology and genetics as well as from a psychological, social, and historical perspective' (p. 7). Macdonald's ingenious conclusion is that a consistently high rate of suicide among an ethnic group (or section of one) is the outcome of a combination of basically three interrelated factors: a 'genetically inherited predisposition within an endogamous population'; a collective suicide trend (or 'wave') possibly set off by a catastrophic event; and long-term socialisation and imitation (p.7).
ISSN:1035-8811
1757-6547