{"product_id":"lifes-preservative-against-self-killing-john-sym-9780415730839","title":"Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book, first published in 1637, was the first full-length treatise on suicide published in English. Originally published in 1988 as part of the \u003ci\u003eTavistock Classics in the History of Psychiatry\u003c\/i\u003e series, the introduction by Michael MacDonald places the book in the context of attitudes to suicide in its day, as well as showing some of the ways that this theological book is also a study of the psychology and sociology of suicide. It also discusses the evolution of the law of suicide and analyses the religious beliefs held about it at the time, before going on to look John Sym himself and the structure of his book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Sym\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041573083X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415730839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.89d","brand":"John Sym","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50593926086911,"sku":"9780415730839","price":66.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lifes-preservative-against-self-killing-john-sym-9780415730839","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}