Georg Simmel and the Disciplinary Imaginary / Elizabeth S. Goodstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodstein, Elizabeth S., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Simmel, Georg, 1858-1918--Influence.

Simmel, Georg.

Philosophy, Modern--20th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Philosophy and social sciences.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Money--Philosophy.

Money.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An internationally famous philosopher and best-selling author during his lifetime, Georg Simmel has been marginalized in contemporary intellectual and cultural history. This neglect belies his pathbreaking role in revealing the theoretical significance of phenomena—including money, gender, urban life, and technology—that subsequently became established arenas of inquiry in cultural theory. It further ignores his philosophical impact on thinkers as diverse as Benjamin, Musil, and Heidegger. Integrating intellectual biography, philosophical interpretation, and a critical examination of the history of academic disciplines, this book restores Simmel to his rightful place as a major figure and challenges the frameworks through which his contributions to modern thought have been at once remembered and forgotten.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Prologue: Modernist Philosophy and the History of Theory

Chapter 1. Introduction: Simmel’s Modernity

Chapter 2. Simmel as Classic: Representation and the Rhetoric of Disciplinarity

Chapter 3. Memory/Legacy: Georg Simmel as (Mostly) Forgotten Founding Father

Chapter 4. Style as Substance: Simmel’s Modernism and the Disciplinary Imaginary

Chapter 5. Performing Relativity: Money and Modernist Philosophy

Chapter 6. Disciplining the Philosophy of Money

Chapter 7. Thinking Liminality, Rethinking Disciplinarity

Chapter 8. The Stranger and the Sociological Imagination

Epilogue: Georg Simmel as Modernist Philosopher

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781503600744

1503600742

OCLC:

1178768920