Messages from Georg Simmel [electronic resource] / by Horst J. Helle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helle, Horst Jürgen.

Series:

Studies in Critical Social Sciences 49.

Studies in critical social sciences ; vol. 49

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Methodology.

Sociology.

Simmel, Georg, 1858-1918.

Simmel, Georg.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As founder of the humanist version of sociology, Simmel sent powerful messages that are identified and explained in this book: interpretation - things are often not what they appear to be; change - culture and society evolve over time; interaction - reality is socially constructed; alienation - people define the value of money without taking responsibility for this construction. Simmel sees humans defining objects in interaction as valuable or worthless, but then they refuse to acknowledge having anything to do with the process of value attribution. He is critical in politics as well; Simmel is concerned that socialism is treated as a political movement and not viewed as a potential form of social interaction.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Horst J. Helle

The Message of Interpretation / Horst J. Helle

The Message of Change: Society Evolves Over Time / Horst J. Helle

The Message of Interaction: How Reality is Constructed / Horst J. Helle

The Message of Alienation: Money and Politics / Horst J. Helle

The Main Thrust of the Messages contra Marx and Weber / Horst J. Helle

Background of the Messages: Intellectual Influences / Horst J. Helle

Appendix 1: Biography of Georg Simmel / Horst J. Helle

Appendix 2: Simmel’s Autobiographical Fragment / Horst J. Helle

References / Horst J. Helle

Index / Horst J. Helle.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-63818-5

90-04-23571-X

OCLC:

815392097

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004235717 DOI