'The Anthem Companion to Georg Simmel' brings together new interpretations of the work of this sociologist and philosopher. Compared to the volumes of works on other sociological giants like Émile Durkheim, Karl Marx and Max Weber, the Anglophone secondary literature on Simmel has remained relatively scarce until recently. The book addresses general questions on ‘social life in process’ that characterize the whole of Simmel’s work and also includes chapters that focus on specific issues. The primary concern in each chapter is not just to review Simmel’s ideas or provide accurate readings but often neglected readings but also to explore how Simmel offers a model for addressing various disciplinary concerns and examine the degree to which he continues to speak to the experience of the present.
Author(s): Thomas Kemple & Olli Pyyhtinen
Edition: 1
Publisher: Anthem
Year: 2016
Language: English
Commentary: Online version (2017), should be identical to the print copy
Pages: 214
City: New York
Editors’ Introduction pp 1-12 By Thomas Kemple & Olli Pyyhtinen
Chapter 1 - Simmel and the Study of Modernity pp 13-28, By David Frisby
Chapter 2 - Sociology as a Sideline: Does It Matter That Georg Simmel (Thought He) Was a Philosopher? pp 29-58 By Elizabeth S. Goodstein, Emory University
Chapter 3 - Modernity as Solid Liquidity: Simmel's Life– Sociology pp 59-80 By Gregor Fitzi
Chapter 4 - On the Special Relation between Proximity and Distance in Simmel's Forms pp 81-100 By Natàlia Cantó
Chapter 5 - The Real as Relation: Simmel as a Pioneer of Relational Sociology pp 101-120 By Olli Pyyhtinen
Chapter 6 - Vires in Numeris: Taking Simmel to Mt Gox pp 121-140 By Nigel Dodd
Chapter 7 - Simmel and the Sources of Neoliberalism pp 141-160 By Thomas Kemple
Chapter 8 - Frames, Handles and Landscapes: Georg Simmel and the Aesthetic Ecology of Things pp 161-184 By Eduardo de la Fuente
Chapter 9 - Goethe and the Creative Life pp 185-190 By Georg Simmel, none, Austin Harrington, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Appendix - Simmel in English: A Bibliography pp 191-198, By Thomas Kemple
