The challenge of modernity - Simmel's sociological theory
Inbunden bok. Routledge. 2019. 184 sidor.
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- ISBN
- 9781138281837
- Titel
- The challenge of modernity - Simmel's sociological theory
- Författare
- Fitzi, Gregor
- Utgivningsår
- 2019
- Bandtyp
- Hbk
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- "The complete collected works of Georg Simmel are now available. Yet, the standing of Simmel’s sociological theory is still a subject of controversy. Is Simmel only a brilliant impressionist, a flâneur in the territories of modernity? Providing an illuminating and coherent presentation of Simmel’s sociological theory, The Challenge of Modernity seeks to demonstrate how Simmel contributed a structured sociological theory that fits the criteria of a ‘sociological grand theory’. Indeed, starting by the theory of modernity and its dimensions of social differentiation, monetarisation, culture reification and urbanisation; it reconstructs the architecture of Simmel’s sociological epistemology. Particular attention is dedicated to the theory of ‘qualitative societal differentiation’ that Simmel develops within his cultural sociology, with the late work being presented as a double contribution to the foundation of sociological anthropology and to the social ethics of complex societies"--