Messages from Georg Simmel / by Horst J. Helle.

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 - peop...

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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Studies in Critical Social Sciences 49.
Physical Description:1 online resource (211 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of 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.