Georg Simmel and the Disciplinary Imaginary
Title | Georg Simmel and the Disciplinary Imaginary PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth S. Goodstein |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2017-01-04 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1503600742 |
An internationally famous philosopher and best-selling author during his lifetime, Georg Simmel has been marginalized in contemporary intellectual and cultural history. This neglect belies his pathbreaking role in revealing the theoretical significance of phenomena—including money, gender, urban life, and technology—that subsequently became established arenas of inquiry in cultural theory. It further ignores his philosophical impact on thinkers as diverse as Benjamin, Musil, and Heidegger. Integrating intellectual biography, philosophical interpretation, and a critical examination of the history of academic disciplines, this book restores Simmel to his rightful place as a major figure and challenges the frameworks through which his contributions to modern thought have been at once remembered and forgotten.
Georg Simmel
Title | Georg Simmel PDF eBook |
Author | Georg Simmel |
Publisher | |
Pages | 395 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Aesthetics |
ISBN | 022662109X |
"This book is a first of its kind: an edited collection bringing the finest of Georg Simmel's writing on art and aesthetics together, and bringing many of these essays into English for the first time. Simmel is considered one of the founding fathers of modern sociology but he, like his contemporary Walter Benjamin, wrote about many aspects of life and culture. Simmel's intellectual contributions have long been recognized and he is a keystone in cultural theory of the early 20th century. The essays in this collection are gathered topically and show the wide range of Simmel's thinking even within the arts: aesthetics, landscape, theater, sculpture, literature, and more. Austin Harrington is the brilliant guide behind this substantial volume. He served as editor and translator and also wrote an introduction. Richly informative and thoroughly familiar with Simmel's life and work, Harrington's introduction will itself be an important contribution to the scholarship on Simmel"--
Georg Simmel
Title | Georg Simmel PDF eBook |
Author | David Frisby |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2013-01-11 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1134495226 |
Outlines the cultural and historical context in which Simmel worked; reviews Simmel's most important writings; and examines his legacy to sociology by illuminating his links with Weber's theories and his relationship with Marxism.
On Individuality and Social Forms
Title | On Individuality and Social Forms PDF eBook |
Author | Georg Simmel (Philosophe, Sociologue, Allemagne) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 395 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Simmel and Beyond
Title | Simmel and Beyond PDF eBook |
Author | Pedro Caetano |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2022-02-20 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1000528812 |
Bringing together the work of scholars from across Europe, this book shows how Simmel's categories can be used to explore contemporary issues and further shed light on trends characteristic of global modernity. Thematically organised around the major societal challenges currently faced by developed countries – those of making societies that are inclusive, reflexive and creative, sustainable, and democratic societies – it examines diverse phenomena, such as living in an increasingly multicultural societies, the social exclusion of vulnerable ethnic groups, the increasing concern with cyberbullying, the need to fight climate change, the rise of political populism, and the recruitment of youths from western countries to Islamic religious fundamentalism. Drawing on Simmel’s sociological theory and expounding new approaches to research inspired by his work, this volume emphasises the conceptual pillars of Simmelian thought, meanings, processes, and forms. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and social theory with interests in the work of Simmel and its contemporary relevance.
Simmel on Culture
Title | Simmel on Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Georg Simmel |
Publisher | SAGE |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780803986527 |
This collection enables the reader to engage with the full range of Georg Simmel's dazzling contributions to the study of culture. It opens with his basic essays on defining culture, its changes and its crisis. These are followed by more specific explorations of culture.
Simmel and 'the Social'
Title | Simmel and 'the Social' PDF eBook |
Author | O. Pyyhtinen |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 221 |
Release | 2010-09-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0230289843 |
This book argues for the centrality of Georg Simmel's social theory to the relational and processual emphases that are often considered as much more recent developments in social theory. Situating Simmel's work in particular with respect to New Vitalism and Bruno Latour's work, the book shows that Simmel has still an enormous amount to contribute.