Georg Simmel, 1858-1918
Berlin sociologist and philosopher. Argued that society is
outcome of interactions of individuals and groups, and so it is the
interactions, rather than the individuals or social institutions
themselves, that need to be studied. He is particularly concerned
with analyzing how the size of a group affects the nature
of the interaction as well as how it impacts social culture and the
individual's own psychology. Simmel's work on money (1900) relates the breakdown of "trust", reciprocity and primitive relations to the
emergence of monetary exchange.
Major Works of Georg Simmel
- Social Differentiation, 1890.
- The Problems of the Philosophy of History, 1892.
- copy
- Introduction to the Science of Ethics, 1893.
- The Philosophy of Money, 1900.
- reviews: (1),
(2),
(3)
- "A Chaper
in the Philosophy of Value", 1900, American Journal of Sociology.
- "The
Metropolis and Mental Life", 1903
- Sociology: Investigations on the Forms of Sociation, 1908. - (1)
- How is
Society Possible?, 1910, American Journal of Sociology.
- Hauptprobleme der Philosophie,
1910 - copy
- "The
Adventure", 1911?,
- Die Religion,
1912
- Goethe,
1913
- Der Krieg und die geistigen Entscheidungen,
1917
- Fundamental Questions of Sociology, 1917.
- Lebensanschauung, 1918.
- Rembrandt,
1916
- Philosophische Kultur,
1919
- Verschiedene Schriften,
1878-1914.
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