ABSTRACT
The Routledge International Handbook of Simmel Studies documents the richness, variety, and creativity of contemporary international research on Georg Simmel’s work. Starting with the established role of Simmel as a classical author of sociology, and including the growing interest in his work in the domain of philosophy, this volume explores the research on Simmel in several further disciplines including art, social aesthetics, literature, theatre, essayism, and critical theory, as well as in the debates on cosmopolitanism, economic pathologies of life, freedom, modernity, religion, and nationalism. Bringing together contributions from leading specialists in research on Simmel, the book is thematically arranged in order to highlight the relevance of his oeuvre for different fields of recent research, with a further section tracing the most important paths that Simmel’s reception has taken in the world. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences and humanities, and to sociologists, philosophers, and social theorists in particular, with interest in Simmel’s thought.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|15 pages
Biography
part II|60 pages
Sociology
chapter 3|14 pages
Relations, forms, and the representation of the social life
part III|61 pages
Philosophy
part IV|57 pages
Art and aesthetics
part V|37 pages
Literature and theatre
part VI|27 pages
Essayism and critical theory
part VII|73 pages
Topics of debate
part VIII|45 pages
Lines of reception