Der Tod von eigener Hand
Studien zum Suizid im Alten Testament, Alten Agypten und Alten Orient
by Jan Dietrich
Hardback (Published)
(December 2016)
ISBN: 9783161540554
6.57 x 9.13 inches
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English summary: Suicide raises questions about the meaning and purpose of human life, and the definition of man as being capable of committing suicide is perhaps one of the most eerie, philosophically sophisticated and theologically inconvenient. Furthermore, suicide and the different ways society deals with suicide are currently being debated not only in society but in different fields of research too. Until now however, there has been no extensive study of suicide in ancient Israel and its neighbouring cultures of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Syria, and it is the aim of this book to close this research gap. Jan Dietrich does not view suicide from medical or dogmatic-theological perspectives, which regard suicide as an act of mental illness or sinful deed. Instead, it is viewed from a historico-cultural and sociological perspective and focuses on the motives and meanings behind suicidal acts. By examining suicide from this angle, it is interpreted as an attempt to solve basic problems of life, and the historical material available is categorised into three basic forms: escapist suicides, aggressive suicides, and suicides of passage and sacrifice. German description: Viele Fragen zur Selbsttotung und zum gesellschaftlichen Umgang mit Selbsttotung werden aktuell in der Offentlichkeit und auf verschiedenen Forschungsfeldern diskutiert. Eine umfassende Behandlung des Themas mit Blick auf das Alte Testament und die Kulturen des Alten Orients, einschliesslich des Alten Agypten, stand bislang jedoch aus. Mit dem vorliegenden Band schliesst Jan Dietrich diese Forschungslucke. Er grenzt Suizid und Suizidgedanken vom allgemeinen Sterbens- und Todeswunsch ab und wahlt einen kulturgeschichtlichen und soziologischen Zugriff auf die Quellen. Die Selbsttotung wird dabei aus der Perspektive des Suizidanten und aus der Perspektive der Kulturen des Altertums verstandlich gemacht und es wird gezeigt, dass sie fernab von dem Stigma Krankheit oder Sunde ihren Platz in der Wiege unserer Kultur hatte.
English summary: Suicide raises questions about the meaning and purpose of human life, and the definition of man as being capable of committing suicide is perhaps one of the most eerie, philosophically sophisticated and theologically inconvenient. Furthermore, suicide and the different ways society deals with suicide are currently being debated not only in society but in different fields of research too. Until now however, there has been no extensive study of suicide in ancient Israel and its neighbouring cultures of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Syria, and it is the aim of this book to close this research gap. Jan Dietrich does not view suicide from medical or dogmatic-theological perspectives, which regard suicide as an act of mental illness or sinful deed. Instead, it is viewed from a historico-cultural and sociological perspective and focuses on the motives and meanings behind suicidal acts. By examining suicide from this angle, it is interpreted as an attempt to solve basic problems of life, and the historical material available is categorised into three basic forms: escapist suicides, aggressive suicides, and suicides of passage and sacrifice. German description: Viele Fragen zur Selbsttotung und zum gesellschaftlichen Umgang mit Selbsttotung werden aktuell in der Offentlichkeit und auf verschiedenen Forschungsfeldern diskutiert. Eine umfassende Behandlung des Themas mit Blick auf das Alte Testament und die Kulturen des Alten Orients, einschliesslich des Alten Agypten, stand bislang jedoch aus. Mit dem vorliegenden Band schliesst Jan Dietrich diese Forschungslucke. Er grenzt Suizid und Suizidgedanken vom allgemeinen Sterbens- und Todeswunsch ab und wahlt einen kulturgeschichtlichen und soziologischen Zugriff auf die Quellen. Die Selbsttotung wird dabei aus der Perspektive des Suizidanten und aus der Perspektive der Kulturen des Altertums verstandlich gemacht und es wird gezeigt, dass sie fernab von dem Stigma Krankheit oder Sunde ihren Platz in der Wiege unserer Kultur hatte.
- By (author) Jan Dietrich
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