ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1992, this book, written by one of the world's leading experts on Simmel, provides a fascinating set of insights into a thinker who is fast becoming recognized as the sociologist of modernity; an indispensible resource in confronting post-modernity. It examines the relevance of his work in relation to contemporary debates on culture, aesthetics and modernity.

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

part |1 pages

Part I Societies and individuals

chapter 1|11 pages

The study of society

chapter 2|16 pages

Georg Simmel and social psychology

part |1 pages

Part II Into modernity

chapter 3|14 pages

German sociologists and modernity

chapter 4|12 pages

Simmel and the study of modernity

chapter 6|14 pages

Social space, the city and the metropolis

chapter 7|12 pages

Leisure and modernity

chapter 8|12 pages

The aesthetics of modern life

part |1 pages

Part III Since Simmel

chapter 9|14 pages

Modernity, postmodernity and things