Simmel

ISBN-13: 9781509521104 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 224 str.

Thomas M. Kemple

Opis

Georg Simmel is one of the founding figures of sociology whose work is comparable in importance to that of Marx, Weber and Durkheim, as well as being a major philosopher. His writings on money, metropolises, and modernity have inspired generations of thinkers for over a century.

Recenzje

'This beautifully written guide brings into vivid microscopic focus the protean wholeness and diversity of Simmel's magisterial thinking about money, economy, value, life, metropolitan existence, and the fundamental conflicts of modern culture and society.' Austin Harrington, University of Leeds 'Social and cultural theorists have been waiting a long time for a book on Simmel like Tom Kemple's. He tackles what has often been characterised as a fragmented and labyrinthine oeuvre with admirable clarity. Kemple not only situates Simmel's writings in his life and times but manages to reveal their freshness and contemporary relevance.' Mike Featherstone, Goldsmiths, University of London

O autorze

Thomas Kemple is Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia.