Sociology : : inquiries into the construction of social forms / / by Georg Simmel ; translated and edited by Anthony J. Blasi, Anton K. Jacobs, Mathew Kanjirathinkal ; with an introduction by Horst J. Helle.

• Author: Simmel, Georg, 1858-1918.
• TeilnehmendeR: Blasi, Anthony J.; Jacobs, Anton K.; Kanjirathinkal, Mathew J.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles 2009
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (714 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Georg Simmel's highly original take on the newly revived field of sociology succeeded in making the field far more sophisticated than it had been beforehand. He took insights from dialectical thought and Kantian epistemology to develop a \'form sociology\' method that remains implicit in the field a century later. Forms include such patterns of interaction as inequality, secrecy, membership in multiple groups, organization size, and coalition formation. While today texts and professional societies are organized around \'contents\' rather than \'forms,\' a fresh reading of Simmel's chapters on forms suggests original avenues of inquiry into each of the contents--family, business, religion, politics, labor relations, leisure.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / J. Blasi -- Introduction To The Translation, / Horst J. Helle -- Chapter One. The Problem Of Sociology / J. Blasi -- Chapter Two. The Quantitative Conditioning Of The Group / J. Blasi -- Chapter Three. Domination And Subordination / J. Blasi -- Chapter Four. Conflict / J. Blasi -- Chapter Five. The Secret And The Secret Society / J. Blasi -- Preliminary Materials / J. Blasi -- Chapter Six. The Intersection Of Social Circles / J. Blasi -- Chapter Seven. The Poor Person / J. Blasi -- Chapter Eight. The Self-Preservation Of The Group / J. Blasi -- Chapter Nine. Space And The Spatial Ordering Of Society / J. Blasi -- Chapter Ten. The Expansion Of The Group And The Development Of Individuality / J. Blasi -- Index Of Names / J. Blasi -- Index Of Topics / J. Blasi.