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Georg Simmel
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R875
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Kant (Hardcover)
Georg Simmel
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R843
Discovery Miles 8 430
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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.
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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R733
Discovery Miles 7 330
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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.
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