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images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
'I have lost interest ... in all that I have written prior to The
Philosophy of Money. This one is really my book, the others appear
to me colourless and seem as if they could have been written by
anyone else.' - Georg Simmel to Heinrich Rickert (1904)
We should all be grateful for this translation. It must have been
extremely hard work, but it shows no trace of it. Indeed, it
positively sparkles.' - Alan Ryan, The Guardian
In The Philosophy of Money, Simmel provides us with a remarkably
wide-ranging discussion of the social, psychological and
philosophical aspects of the money economy, full of brilliant
insights into the forms that social relationships take. He analyzes
the relationships of money to exchange, the human personality, the
position of women, individual freedom and many other areas of human
existence. Later he provides us with an account of the consequences
of the modern money economy and the division of labor, which
examines the processes of alienation and reification in work, urban
life and elsewhere. Perhaps, more than any of his other
sociological works, The Philosophy of Money gives us an example of
his comprehensive analysis of the interrelationships between the
most diverse and seemingly connected social phenomena.
This revised edition of the translation by Tom Bottomore and David
Frisby, includes a new Preface by David Frisby.
Georg Simmel gilt zu Recht als ein klassischer Theoretiker der
Moderne. Er sah im Überschneidungsbereich von ästhetischer
Erfahrung und einer genuin soziologischen Beschreibung von
Modernität die Möglichkeit gegeben, der epochalen Eigenart des
modernen Lebens mit all seinen Spannungen, Konflikten und
Paradoxien auf die Spur zu kommen, ohne diese vorschnell unter eine
begriffliche Systematik zu subsumieren. In diesem Band wird Simmels
Programm einer „soziologischen Ästhetik“ unter anderem anhand
einiger seiner kunstkritischen Schriften aus den 1890er Jahren,
seiner Arbeiten über die Rolle der modernen Kunst- und
Gewerbeausstellungen, der Mode und dem Schmuck sowie seiner luziden
Studien über die Geselligkeit und die Koketterie dokumentiert.
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The Philosophy of Money (Paperback)
Georg Simmel; Edited by David Frisby; Translated by Tom Bottomore; Foreword by Charles Lemert
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R651
Discovery Miles 6 510
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With a new foreword by Charles Lemert
'Its greatness...lies in ceaseless and varied use of the money
form to unearth and conceptually reveal incommensurabilities of all
kinds, in social reality fully as much as in thought itself.' -
Fredric Jameson
In The Philosophy of Money, Georg Simmel puts money on the
couch. He provides us with a classic analysis of the social,
psychological and philosophical aspects of the money economy, full
of brilliant insights into the forms that social relationships
take. He analyzes the relationships of money to exchange, human
personality, the position of women, and individual freedom. Simmel
also offers us prophetic insights into the consequences of the
modern money economy and the division of labour, in particular the
processes of alienation and reification in work and urban life.
An immense and profound piece of work it demands to be read
today and for years to come as a stunning account of the meaning,
use and culture of money.
Georg Simmel (1858-1918) was born in Berlin, the youngest of
seven children. He studied philosophy and history at the University
of Berlin and was one of the first generation of great German
sociologists that included Max Weber.
Georg Simmel is one of the most original German thinkers of the
twentieth century and is considered a founding architect of the
modern discipline of sociology. Ranging over fundamental questions
of the relationship of self and society, his influential writings
on money, modernity, and the metropolis continue to provoke debate
today. Fascinated by the relationship between culture, society, and
economic life, Simmel took an interest in myriad phenomena of
aesthetics and the arts. A friend of writers and artists such as
Auguste Rodin, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Stefan George, he wrote
dozens of pieces engaging with topics such as the work of
Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Rodin, Japanese art, naturalism and
symbolism, Goethe, "art for art's sake", art exhibitions, and the
aesthetics of the picture frame. This is the first collection to
bring together Simmel's finest writing on art and aesthetics, and
many of the items appear in English in this volume for the first
time. The more than forty essays show the protean breadth of
Simmel's reflections, covering landscape painting, portraiture,
sculpture, poetry, theater, form, style, and representation. An
extensive introduction by Austin Harrington gives an overview of
Simmel's themes and elucidates the significance of his work for the
many theorists who would be inspired by his ideas. Something of an
outsider to the formal academic world of his day, Simmel wrote
creatively with the flair of an essayist. This expansive collection
of translations, many of them prepared by the editor, preserves the
narrative ease of Simmel's prose and will be a vital source for
readers with an interest in Simmel's trailblazing ideas in modern
European philosophy, sociology, and cultural theory.
'I have lost interest ... in all that I have written prior to The
Philosophy of Money. This one is really my book, the others appear
to me colourless and seem as if they could have been written by
anyone else.' - Georg Simmel to Heinrich Rickert (1904)
We should all be grateful for this translation. It must have been
extremely hard work, but it shows no trace of it. Indeed, it
positively sparkles.' - Alan Ryan, The Guardian
In The Philosophy of Money, Simmel provides us with a remarkably
wide-ranging discussion of the social, psychological and
philosophical aspects of the money economy, full of brilliant
insights into the forms that social relationships take. He analyzes
the relationships of money to exchange, the human personality, the
position of women, individual freedom and many other areas of human
existence. Later he provides us with an account of the consequences
of the modern money economy and the division of labor, which
examines the processes of alienation and reification in work, urban
life and elsewhere. Perhaps, more than any of his other
sociological works, The Philosophy of Money gives us an example of
his comprehensive analysis of the interrelationships between the
most diverse and seemingly connected social phenomena.
This revised edition of the translation by Tom Bottomore and David
Frisby, includes a new Preface by David Frisby.
Published in 1918, The View of Life is Georg Simmel's final work.
Famously deemed "the brightest man in Europe" by George Santayana,
Simmel addressed diverse topics across his essayistic writings,
which influenced scholars in aesthetics, epistemology, and
sociology. Nevertheless, certain core issues emerged over the
course of his career - the genesis, structure, and transcendence of
social and cultural forms, and the nature and conditions of
authentic individuality, including the role of mindfulness
regarding mortality. Composed not long before his death, The View
of Life was, Simmel wrote, his "testament," a capstone work of
profound metaphysical inquiry intended to formulate his conception
of life in its entirety. Now Anglophone readers can at last read in
full the work that shaped the argument of Heidegger's Being and
Time and whose extraordinary impact on European intellectual life
between the wars was extolled by Jurgen Habermas. Presented
alongside these seminal essays are aphoristic fragments from
Simmel's last journal, providing a beguiling look into the mind of
one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers.
Anticipating contemporary deconstructive readings of philosophical
texts, Georg Simmel pits the two German masters of philosophy of
life against each other in a play of opposition and
supplementation. This first English translation of Simmel's work
includes an extensive introduction, providing the reader with ready
access to the text by mapping its discursive strategies.
Georg Simmel is one of the most original German thinkers of the
twentieth century and is considered a founding architect of the
modern discipline of sociology. Ranging over fundamental questions
of the relationship of self and society, his influential writings
on money, modernity, and the metropolis continue to provoke debate
today. Fascinated by the relationship between culture, society, and
economic life, Simmel took an interest in myriad phenomena of
aesthetics and the arts. A friend of writers and artists such as
Auguste Rodin, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Stefan George, he wrote
dozens of pieces engaging with topics such as the work of
Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Rodin, Japanese art, naturalism and
symbolism, Goethe, "art for art's sake", art exhibitions, and the
aesthetics of the picture frame. This is the first collection to
bring together Simmel's finest writing on art and aesthetics, and
many of the items appear in English in this volume for the first
time. The more than forty essays show the protean breadth of
Simmel's reflections, covering landscape painting, portraiture,
sculpture, poetry, theater, form, style, and representation. An
extensive introduction by Austin Harrington gives an overview of
Simmel's themes and elucidates the significance of his work for the
many theorists who would be inspired by his ideas. Something of an
outsider to the formal academic world of his day, Simmel wrote
creatively with the flair of an essayist. This expansive collection
of translations, many of them prepared by the editor, preserves the
narrative ease of Simmel's prose and will be a vital source for
readers with an interest in Simmel's trailblazing ideas in modern
European philosophy, sociology, and cultural theory.
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Philosophie der Mode
Redaktion Gröls-Verlag; Georg Simmel
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R402
Discovery Miles 4 020
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Philosophie der Mode
Redaktion Gröls-Verlag; Georg Simmel
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R689
Discovery Miles 6 890
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