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Georg Simmel

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Georg Simmel Georg Simmel (; ; 1 March 1858 – 26 September 1918) was a German sociologist, philosopher, and critic.

Simmel was influential in the field of sociology. Simmel was one of the first generation of German sociologists: his neo-Kantian approach laid the foundations for sociological antipositivism, asking "what is society?"—directly alluding to Kant's "what is nature?"—presenting pioneering analyses of social individuality and fragmentation. Simmel discussed social and cultural phenomena in terms of "forms" and "contents" with a transient relationship, wherein form becomes content, and vice versa dependent on context. In this sense, Simmel was a forerunner to structuralist styles of reasoning in the social sciences.

Through "The Metropolis and Mental Life" Simmel was a precursor of urban sociology, symbolic interactionism, and social network analysis. An acquaintance of Max Weber, Simmel wrote on the topic of personal character in a manner reminiscent of the sociological ideal type. He broadly rejected academic standards, however, philosophically covering topics such as emotion and romantic love. Both Simmel and Weber's nonpositivist theory informed the eclectic critical theory of the Frankfurt School. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Philosophie des Geldes / von Georg Simmel. by Simmel, Georg, 1858-1918

    Published 1922
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    Vom Wesen des historischen Verstehens / von Georg Simmel. by Simmel, Georg, 1858-1918

    Published 1918
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    Conflict / translated by Kurt H. Wolff. The web of group-affiliations, translated by Reinhard Bendix. With a foreword by Everett C. Hughes. by Simmel, Georg, 1858-1918

    Published 1955
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