David Frisby

Simmel and Since

Essays on Georg Simmel's Social Theory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1992, this book, written by one of the world's leading experts on Simmel, provides a fascinating set of insights into a thinker who is fast becoming recognized as the sociologist of modernity; an indispensible resource in confronting post-modernity. It examines the relevance of his work in relation to contemporary debates on culture, aesthetics and modernity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780415609012
• ISBN-10: 0415609011
• Artikelnr.: 31302102

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Societies and individuals 1. The study of society 2. Georg Simmel
and social psychology Part II Into modernity 3. German sociologists and
modernity 4. Simmel and the study of modernity 5. Some economic aspects of
The Philosophy of Money 6. Social space, the city and the metropolis 7.
Leisure and modernity 8. The aesthetics of modern life Part III Since
Simmel 9. Modernity, postmodernity and things