Form and dialectic in Georg Simmel's sociology : a new interpretation /
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| Author / Creator: | Schermer, Henry. |
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| Imprint: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. |
| Description: | x, 328 pages ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9625870 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I. Simmel's Method and the Historical Context of His Work
- 1. Interaction, Form and the Dialectical Approach - Simmel's Analytical Conceptual Framework
- 2. Simmel's Life and the Context of His Work
- Part II. Exemplifications
- 3. Fashion as a Form
- 4. The Poor
- 5. The Secret and Secret Societies
- Part III. Further Aspects and Implications of Simmel's Method
- 6. Absolute and Relative - The Operation of a Single Polarity
- 7. The Philosophy of the 'As IfÆ - The Role of 'Fictions' in Science and Social Life
- 8. Echoes of Darwin: Simmel's Evolutionism
- Part IV. The Contemporary Simmel
- 9. The Overall Terrain and Contemporary Relevance of Simmel's Oeuvre
- Notes
- Bibliographies and a Note on Translations
- Index
