Georg Simmel and Contemporary Sociology

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Introduction One: Simmel as a Puzzling Figure....Pages 1-8
Introduction Two: Simmel as a Puzzling Figure for Contemporary Sociology....Pages 9-12
On The Current Rediscovery of Georg Simmel’s Sociology — A European Point of View....Pages 13-37
Georg Simmel’s Concept of Society....Pages 39-55
Georg Simmel and the Study of Modernity....Pages 57-74
The World as Human Construction....Pages 75-98
Four Concepts of Social Science at Berlin University: Dilthey, Lazarus, Schmoller and Simmel....Pages 99-107
Simmel’s Contribution to Parsons’ Action Theory and its Fate....Pages 109-130
Simmel on Memory....Pages 131-154
Social Differentiation and Modernity: On Simmel’s Macrosociology....Pages 155-179
Simmel’s Sociology in Relation to Schopenhauer’s Philosophy....Pages 181-197
Simmel on the Ratio of Subjective Values to Objective Cultural Possibilities....Pages 199-224
On the Concept of “Erleben” in Georg Simme’s Sociology....Pages 225-241
Georg simmel as an Analyst of Autonomous Dynamics: The Merry-Go-Round of Fashion 1 ....Pages 243-257
Simmel, Individuality, and Fundamental Change....Pages 259-281
Georg Simmel’s Theory of Culture....Pages 283-296
The Groundwork of Simmel’s New “Storey” Beneath Historical Materialism....Pages 297-317
Georg Simmel and the Cultural Dilemma of Women....Pages 319-340
Dimensions of Conflict: Georg Simmel on Modern Life....Pages 341-355
Simmel’s Influence on Lukács’s Conception of the Sociology of Art....Pages 357-373
Simmel’s Metaphysics....Pages 375-383
Back Matter....Pages 385-388