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Georg Simmel (/ ˈzɪməl /; German: [ˈzɪməl]; 1 March 1858 – 26 September 1918) was a German sociologist, philosopher, and critic. Simmel was influential in the field of sociology.
Sep 22, 2024 · Georg Simmel (born March 1, 1858, Berlin, Germany—died Sept. 26, 1918, Strassburg) was a German sociologist and Neo-Kantian philosopher whose fame rests chiefly on works concerning sociological methodology.
Nov 5, 2019 · Georg Simmel was an early German sociologist and structural theorist who focused on urban life and the form of the metropolis. He was known for creating social theories that fostered an approach to the study of society that broke with the then-accepted scientific methodology used to examine the natural world.
Jun 12, 2017 · A German philosopher and sociologist, Georg Simmel (1858-1918) is frequently cited as one of the founders of sociology. His work is at times impressionistic, covering a wide range of issues and ideas. His most consistent and rigorous development of a sociology is known as formal sociology.
Jun 11, 2018 · Georg Simmel (1858-1918), German philosopher and sociologist, is still a controversial figure. While some hail him as the founder of modern sociology, others see in him only a brilliant stylist who made no original contribution and failed to develop a systematic theory.
Sep 28, 2016 · Georg Simmel (b. 1858–d. 1918) was a German sociologist, cultural theorist, and modernist philosopher.
Georg Simmel (March 1, 1858 – September 28, 1918) was one of the first generation of German sociologists. Although he did not receive a full academic appointment, his diverse and passionate writings and lectures were popular and influential in both academic and social society, not only in Berlin but also throughout Europe and the United States .
Dec 3, 2020 · He is the author of Metropolis: Georg Simmel, Walter Benjamin, and Modernity (2011), Aesthetics and Social Theory: Simmel, Benjamin, Adorno, Bourdieu (2013), and Globalizing Cultures: Theories, Actions, Paradigms (with Marina Vujnovic, 2015). He is editor of the journal Simmel Studies.
Jun 14, 2017 · In devoting serious analytic attention to the details of everyday life, Georg Simmel (1858–1918) was sociology’s original microscopist. The German philosopher became the first great figure in sociology’s classical tradition to set out a distinctively interactionist conception of society.
Nov 20, 2023 · Georg Simmel (1858–1918) was a phenomenologist in a different key – a gifted teacher and writer whose innovative mode of philosophizing brought the tradition into conversation with the phenomena and experience of everyday modern life.
