Suicide and justice a Chinese perspective /

• Main Author: Wu, Fei, 1973-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
• Series: Routledge contemporary China series ; 44.
• Subjects: Suicide > China.; Personhood > China.; Social Justice > China.; Suicide > Chine.; PSYCHOLOGY > Suicide.; Suicide.; China.; Electronic books.
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By analyzing 30 cases, Wu Fei studies the dynamics of suicide in terms of family politics and local psychology and finds that suicide is committed when a power balance is broken in the games of power in the family.

Table of Contents:

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgement; Personae; Part I Introduction; 1 Suicide as a Chinese problem; 2 Two philosophies about suicide; Part II Domestic justice; 3 Familial love; 4 Family politics; 5 Fortune; Part III Human dignity; 6 Suicide and madness; 7 Gambling for qi; 8 Face; 9 Thinking through; Part IV Conclusion: Suicide as a public affair; 10 Public justice; 11 Making good luck; Notes; Bibliography; Index.