Lessons from suicide: Sallekhana, the Jain ritual of fasting to death
SOURCE Citation
Radford, Mikal, "Lessons from suicide: Sallekhana, the Jain ritual of fasting to death" (2017). Generator at Sheridan. 41.
https://source.sheridancollege.ca/conferences_creates/2017/2017/41
Location
Sheridan College, HMC, Room A347
Start Date
1-3-2017 1:45 PM
End Date
1-3-2017 2:15 PM
Description
This presentation will look to the ritual of Sallekhana (the Jain ritual of fasting to death) to address Durkheim’s definition, to shed some light on the influence of this Jain ritual within the world’s weltanshauung, and hopefully, open a discussion on a different reading or understanding of the word, suicide.
Lessons from suicide: Sallekhana, the Jain ritual of fasting to death
Sheridan College, HMC, Room A347
This presentation will look to the ritual of Sallekhana (the Jain ritual of fasting to death) to address Durkheim’s definition, to shed some light on the influence of this Jain ritual within the world’s weltanshauung, and hopefully, open a discussion on a different reading or understanding of the word, suicide.