Name: Georg Simmel on Individuality and Social Forms (Heritage of Sociology Series)
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Author: Georg Simmel
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Georg Simmel on Individuality and Social Forms (Heritage of Sociology Series)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Georg Simmel

Publisher

University Of Chicago Press

Year

1972

Language

English

Pages

412

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

0226757765

ISBN13

9780226757766

Edition No.

Synopsis "Georg Simmel on Individuality and Social Forms (Heritage of Sociology Series) "

"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 for sociology that would distinguish it from all other social sciences and humanistic disciplines, he charted a new field for discovery and proceeded to explore a world of novel topics in works that have guided and anticipated the thinking of generations of sociologists. Such distinctive concepts of contemporary sociology as social distance, marginality, urbanism as a way of life, role-playing, social behavior as exchange, conflict as an integrating process, dyadic encounter, circular interaction, reference groups as perspectives, and sociological ambivalence embody ideas which Simmel adumbrated more than six decades ago."—Donald N. Levine Half of the material included in this edition of Simmel's writings represents new translations. This includes Simmel's important, lengthy, and previously untranslated "Group Expansion and Development of Individuality," as well as three selections from his most neglected work, Philosophy of Money; in addition, the introduction to Probleme der Geschichtsphilosophie, chapter one of the Lebensanschauung, and three essays are translated for the first time.

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Georg Simmel (Berlin, 1858 - Strasbourg, 1918) was a German philosopher and sociologist, considered one of the fathers of modern sociology. He studied history and philosophy at the University of Berlin, where he earned his doctorate in 1881 and subsequently taught philosophy between 1885 and 1914. In 1914, he was appointed professor at the University of Strasbourg.

Among his most notable works are "The Problems of the Philosophy of History" (1892), "The Philosophy of Money" (1900), "The Metropolis and Mental Life" (1903), and "Sociology: Studies on the Forms of Socialization" (1908). These works belong to the genre of sociology and social philosophy.

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