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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170991403321

Autore

Frisby David

Titolo

Georg Simmel / / David Frisby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-134-49521-8

0-203-52018-1

0-585-44739-X

1-280-10844-4

1-134-49522-6

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Key sociologists

Disciplina

301.01

301/.092/4

Soggetti

Sociology - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: Chichester: Ellis Horwood, 1984.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-158) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Georg Simmel; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Life and Context; Chapter 3. The Foundation of Sociology; Chapter 4. The Works; Chapter 5. A New Reception; Bibliography of Simmel's Major Works; Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Until recently little of Simmel's work was available in translation and certain key texts were unknown outside Germany. David Frisby, the eminent Simmel scholar, provides not only an introduction to the major sociological writings of this important figure, but also an argument for a reconsideration of his work. The author 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 influential relationship with Marxism.Simmel, a central figure in th