num_pages: 147
description: In 1846, two years before the publication of The Communist Manifesto and twenty-one years before the publication of Das Kapital, Karl Marx published an essay titled "Peuchet on Suicide." Based on the writings of Jacques Peuchet, a leading French police administrator, economist, and statistician whose memoirs included discussions of suicides in Paris, Marx's essay is not a straightforward translation of Peuchet but instead an essay reflecting his own strong positions on the subjects addressed in Peuchet's work.
language: English
title: On Suicide
titlecomplete: On Suicide (Psychosocial Issues)
genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Literature, Classics, Germany, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 399
publisher: Northwestern University Press