Before you leave...
Take 20% off your first order
20% off
Enter the code below at checkout to get 20% off your first order
Discover summer reading lists for all ages & interests!
Find Your Next Read

This book studies the phenomenon of altruistic suicide which was a form of political protest. The authors investigate the self-immolation of German pastor Oskar Br?ewitz and compare it with other politically motivated suicides. They analyse cases of self-immolations in Vietnam, the USA, India, Tibet, China, Iran, and Middle-Eastern Europe.
Adam Czabański is a Professor and Head of the Health Sociology and Social Pathologies Unit at the Department of Social Sciences at the Karol Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznań. His research interests focus on phenomena connected with sociology of health, sociology of medicine and social pathologies.
Malgorzata Czabańska-Rosada is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Humanities of the Jacob of Paradyż Academy in Gorz Wielkopolski. She conducts multi-faceted studies of literary, magazine-writing and documentary artefacts made in the areas of the German-Polish border. Her academic interests include the phenomenon of the outsider in the broad area of socio-cultural research.
Thanks for subscribing!
This email has been registered!
Take 20% off your first order
Enter the code below at checkout to get 20% off your first order