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Biography

Name: Georg Simmel
Birth Date: March 1, 1858
Death Date: September 26, 1918
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Place of Death: Strassburg, Germany
Nationality: German
Gender: Male
Occupations: sociologist

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Biography of Georg Simmel
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The German sociologist and philosopher Georg Simmel (1858-1918) wrote important studies of urban sociology, social conflict theory, and small-group relationships. Georg Simmel was born on March 1, 1858, in Berlin, the youngest of seven children. His...
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Biography of Georg Simmel
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Georg Simmel is one of the more paradoxical figures in twentieth-century thought. Among the founders of sociology as a discipline, and the influential teacher of many of the most important German social theorists of the modern era, Simmel left behind...


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Simmel, Georg (1858–1918) Summary
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Simmel, Georg(1858 1918. A Collection of Essays with Translations and a Bibliography. Columbus: Ohio State University Press,...
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Georg Simmel Information
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Georg Simmel (March 1, 1858 – September 28, 1918, Berlin, Germany) was one of the first generation of German sociologists. His religious background was complicated but germane to his marginal status in German academia. He was born to a prosperous...


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Journal of European Studies
Georg Simmel and Avant-Garde Sociology. .(Book Review) (book review)
12/01/2002: 720 words, approx. 2 pages
Georg Simmel and Avant-Garde Sociology. The Birth of Modernity, 1880-1920. By Ralph M. Leck. Amherst, N.Y.: Humanity Books, 2000. Pp. 356. $35.00. The title of this otherwise fascinating book is slightly misleading. Ralph Leck's study examines not so much Simmel's sociology as...
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The Germanic Review
Simmel on Culture.(Review) (book review)
01/01/2000: 373 words, approx. 1 pages
David Frisby and Mike Featherstone, eds. Simmel on Culture London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi: Sage, 1997. Pp. 300. The translation of a larger selection from Simmel's essays on the sociology of culture has long been overdue. This seems ironic in the case...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Rudolph Heberle
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In the following essay, originally published in 1948, Heberle finds that Simmel's works are more valuable for exemplifying his methods as a thinker than for any substantive contribution to the field of sociology.
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Critical Essay by David Frisby
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In the following excerpt, Frisby highlights Simmel's consideration of a broad range of human interactions as the reason for the wide scope of his sociological thought.
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Critical Essay by Charles David Axelrod
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In the following excerpt, Axelrod examines how Simmel perceived the tension between the individual and society and analyses Simmel's writing style as reflecting his intellectual strengths and limitations.
 
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The Child of Thought with Thoughtlessness
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Comparison of Georg Simmel's and Herbert Blumer's thesis on fashion.


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