{"product_id":"why-do-we-hurt-ourselves-understanding-self-harm-in-social-life-0253036399","title":"Why Do We Hurt Ourselves?: Understanding Self-Harm in Social Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0253036399\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brossard, Baptiste\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy does an estimated 5% of the general population intentionally and repeatedly hurt themselves? What are the reasons certain people resort to self-injury as a way to manage their daily lives? In Why Do We Hurt Ourselves, sociologist Baptiste Brossard draws on a five-year survey of self-injurers and suggests that the answers can be traced to social, more than personal, causes. Self-injury is not a matter of disturbed individuals resorting to hurting themselves in the face of individual weaknesses and difficulties. Rather, self-injury is the reaction of individuals to the tensions that compose, day after day, the tumultuousness of their social life and position. Self-harm is a practice that people use to self-control and maintain order-to calm down, or to avoid \"going haywire\" or \"breaking everything.\" More broadly, through this research Brossard works to develop a perspective on the contemporary social world at large, exploring quests for self-control in modern Western societies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51696052011296,"sku":"NEW0253036399","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/718bXQy6QHL.jpg?v=1779381677","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/why-do-we-hurt-ourselves-understanding-self-harm-in-social-life-0253036399","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}