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Author Pinguet, Maurice.

Title Voluntary death in Japan / Maurice Pinguet ; translated by Rosemary Morris.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge, MA : Polity Press, 1993.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.28 P653V    Check Shelf
Description 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Cato's Harakiri -- 2. The Arithmetic of Suicide -- 3. Towards a Theory of Suicide -- 4. Suicide as Symptom -- 5. The Dawn of History -- 6. Violence at a Distance -- 7. The Martial Art of Dying Well -- 8. Giving Up the Body -- 9. The Theatre of Cruelty -- 16. Love and Death -- 11. The Tradition of Sacrifice -- 12. Into the Abyss -- 13. Some Nihilist Vignettes -- 14. Mishima: The Last Act.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [286]-309) and index.
Subject Suicide -- Japan -- History.
ISBN 0745608701 alkaline paper
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