EMILE DURKHEIM
Theory of Suicide
c) Altruistic Suicide
This is the type of suicide in which group solidarity is at the highest in society. The people do not think beyond group. The individual's life and ideas do not hold importance. Those societies which hold such traditions get into such type of suicide. For example there was a ritual of Sati in the Hindu Society where a wife used to get herself burnt alive with the dead body of her husband. Similarly the old people in the northern cold regions of Tundra kill themselves for want of food and shelter. In modern society the people are forced to face war. The soldiers die while fighting against enemy. Phenomena of suicide attack by the terrorist is also an act of altruistic suicide. This type of death he said is Altruistic Suicide. Death is welcomed for the sake of social solidarity and defense of the country. Old and traditional societies have such cases.
In Muslim Society, the soldiers who die while fighting for the defense of their country and people are called martyr. They are prepared to sacrifice their lives for the nation and for the land of their country according to the will of Allah. This spirit of fighting, killing and being killed is not called suicide but is called Martyrdom in Islam.
Theory of Suicide
c) Altruistic Suicide
This is the type of suicide in which group solidarity is at the highest in society. The people do not think beyond group. The individual's life and ideas do not hold importance. Those societies which hold such traditions get into such type of suicide. For example there was a ritual of Sati in the Hindu Society where a wife used to get herself burnt alive with the dead body of her husband. Similarly the old people in the northern cold regions of Tundra kill themselves for want of food and shelter. In modern society the people are forced to face war. The soldiers die while fighting against enemy. Phenomena of suicide attack by the terrorist is also an act of altruistic suicide. This type of death he said is Altruistic Suicide. Death is welcomed for the sake of social solidarity and defense of the country. Old and traditional societies have such cases.
In Muslim Society, the soldiers who die while fighting for the defense of their country and people are called martyr. They are prepared to sacrifice their lives for the nation and for the land of their country according to the will of Allah. This spirit of fighting, killing and being killed is not called suicide but is called Martyrdom in Islam.
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