Essays about: "Suicide"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 106 essays containing the word Suicide.

1. 21. Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide : An Argumentative Analysis for the Legalisation of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Diana Blench Awuor; [2022]
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   Abstract : The practise of euthanasia is not new. There was general support for voluntary euthanasiathroughout Roman antiquity in lieu of prolonged suffering. READ MORE

3. 22. Does Unemployment Increase the Risk of Suicide? : Empirical Evidence from the OECD Countries

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Emil Björkman; [2022]
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   Abstract : Suicide is one of the leading causes of death around the world, where one person ends its own life every 40 seconds. Many different factors can explain the suicide decision, and one such factor is unemployment, which has negative health consequences and could increase the risk of suicide. READ MORE

4. 23. Achieving Security by Suicide - A Way of Ensuring a Forever Jihad?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Iris Hautaniemi Forsberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Terrorism; The Islamic State; Identity; Suicide Attacks; Ontological Security; Narratives; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to analyze how identity and potential ontological insecurity are expressed in the Islamic State’s narrative and how this may explain the use of suicide attacks. This is done by analyzing the language in the Islamic State’s official magazines between 2014 to 2017 through a theoretical lens of ontological security. READ MORE

5. 24. 'We all end up mutilated': Bodily destruction and self-mutilation in the first three novels by Chuck Palahniuk

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Jakob Eyjólfsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Chuck Palahniuk Fight Club Survivor Invisible Monsters Self-Mutilation Self-Destruction Mutilation Disfigurement Determinism Free Will; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : In this essay, I explore the motifs of bodily destruction and self-mutilation in the first three novels of American author Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club (1996), Survivor (1999) and Invisible Monsters (1999). These motifs are prevalent throughout the author’s work and are particularly noteworthy in how detailed and graphic the novels are. READ MORE

6. 25. A para(t)oxic relationship between conservatives and climate. Analyzing climate denial in the frames of the Estonian Conservative People's Party EKRE and their embeddedness in toxic masculinity

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Maris Pedaja; [2021]
   Keywords : toxic masculinity; climate denial; far-right; intersectionality; sustainability science; Estonia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The nexus between the far-right ideologies, toxic masculinity, and climate denial urgently calls for more research. Drawing on intersectional feminist theory and framing theory, a qualitative frame analysis based on the Estonian Far-Right Populist Party’s (EKRE) conservative news platform was conducted to scrutinize the role of toxic masculinity in legitimizing climate denial. READ MORE