Durkheims Theory of Suicide Egoistic and Altruistic Emile Durkheim was a very prominent and successful sociologist, and was often referred to as the father of sociology due to his significant and influential contributions to the creation of social thought. Durkheim studied many concepts of society and published many scholarly texts regarding concepts such as the division of labour, the theory of knowledge, and more. However, Durkheims theory of suicide is one of his most renown concepts as it challenged the traditional view that suicide was due to psychological disorders, and stated that the central cause was social facts; external to human beings. This theory will be further discussed in this paper, specifically focusing on egoistic and altruistic suicide, and examples of...