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Georg Simmel
Georg Simmel's essay "How Is Society Possible?" is built on the idea that an individual can develop himself or herself fully only by entering into society but nevertheless remains marked…
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Das Geld steht vermoge der Abstraktheit seiner Form jenseits aller bestimmten Beziehungen zum Raum: Es kann seine Wirkungen in die weitesten Fernen erstrecken, ja, es ist gewissermaen in jedem Augenblick…
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Horst Jurgen Helle
As a founder of humanist sociology Simmel sent several important messages, identified and explained here as referring to interpretation, evolution, interaction, and alienation. Simmel’s ideas on these issues are confronted…
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Gary D. Jaworski
This first book-length examination of the American reception of German philosopher and sociologist Georg Simmel explores the practical and strategic uses of Simmel’s ideas.
‘The Anthem Companion to Georg Simmel’ brings together new interpretations of the work of this sociologist and philosopher.
Nicholas J. Spykman
To a significant degree, sociologists continue to turn to Simmel for a basic understanding of the forms and processes of social life. Nicholas Spykman’s ‘The Social Theory of Georg Simmel’…
Nicholas J. Spykman,David Frisby (London School of Economics, UK)
Contemporary sociology increasingly seems to be adopting a perspective similar to that on which Georg Simmel’s analysis and interpretations rested
Efraim Podoksik
Through penetrating interpretations of Georg Simmel's reflections on the essence of modernity and modern civilisation, this study places the German philosopher and social thinker's ideas on culture, education and civilisation…
Horst J. Helle
A concise introduction to the writings, life, and influences of Georg Simmel - an important sociologist whose work is now taught across sociological theory courses worldwide.
Elizabeth S. Goodstein
Integrating intellectual biography, philosophical interpretation, and a critical examination of the history of academic disciplines, this book restores philosopher Georg Simmel to his rightful place as a major figure and…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
""Zur Philosophie der Kunst"" ist ein Buch des deutschen Philosophen Georg Simmel, das erstmals 1922 ver??????ffentlicht wurde. In diesem Werk untersucht Simmel die Beziehung zwischen Kunst und Philosophie. Er argumentiert…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Anticipating contemporary deconstructive readings of philosophical texts, Georg Simmel pits the two German masters of philosophy of life against each other in a play of opposition and supplementation. This first…
Die Probleme der Geschichtsphilosophie ist ein Buch des deutschen Soziologen und Philosophen Georg Simmel, das erstmals im Jahr 1907 ver??????ffentlicht wurde. Das Werk untersucht die verschiedenen Ans?????tze zur Geschichtsphilosophie und…
Georg Simmel: Die Religion Erstdruck: Frankfurt a.M., Rutten und Loening, 1906 mit einer Widmung fur Gertrud Kantorowicz und Margarete von Bendemann. Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria…
Georg Simmel: Schopenhauer und Nietzsche. Ein Vortragszyklus Erstdruck: Leipzig, Duncker und Humblot, 1907. Inhaltsverzeichnis: Schopenhauer und Nietzsche. Vorrede. Schopenhauer und Nietzsche in ihrer geistesgeschichtlichen Stellung. Der Mensch und sein Wille…
David Frisby
This collection brings together the essential secondary literature on Simmel. Selected and edited by David Frisby- a scholar who has perhaps done more than anyone to rehabilitate Simmel’s reputation. Both…
First published in 1900, Georg Simmel’s magnum opus, The Philosophy of Money, gives a systematic and historical analysis of money as a medium of social communication, while also offering a…
Margarete Susman
Kauko Pietila
Is there a way of revitalizing the subject of Sociology? Where can we look for guides to build a sociology that combats fragmentation, constantly unites the micro with the macro…
Ferdinand Fellmann
Additionally, given the new focus on Simmel and intimate relations, the book is of interest to scholars of relational sociology, history of sociology, continental philosophy, history of philosophy, philosophy of…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
Georg Simmel is one of the most original German thinkers of the twentieth century and is considered a founding architect of the modern discipline of sociology. Ranging over fundamental questions…
Of those who created the intellectual capital used to launch the enterprise of professional sociology, Georg Simmel was perhaps the most original and fecund. In search of a subject matter…
Rudolph Herbert Weingartner
""Experience and Culture: The Philosophy of Georg Simmel"" by Rudolph Herbert Weingartner is a comprehensive exploration of the philosophical ideas of Georg Simmel, one of the most influential thinkers of…
Ann-Mari Sellerberg
Examines how German sociologist Simmel (1858-1918) broke down social phenomena into categories in which are opposites that sometimes work together and sometimes against each other. The topics include motherhood, consumption…
Georg Simmel hat mit seinem Aufsatz Die Grossstadte und das Geistesleben (1903) den Anstoss fur die sozialwissenschaftliche Stadtforschung gegeben. Fur Simmel verkoerpern Grossstadte den Sitz der Moderne - Orte, an…
Georg Simmel’s reflections on the meaning and significance of Rembrandt’s work with the aim of developing a new thoerectical perspective for social and cultural analysis.
Presents reflections on the meaning and significance of Rembrandt’s work. Answering such questions as ‘What do we see in a work of art?’ and ‘What do Rembrandt’s portraits tell us…
Neil J. Smelser
Based on the Georg Simmel Lectures delivered by Neil J Smelser at Humboldt University in Berlin in the spring of 1995, this title presents a distillation of Smelser’s reflections after…
