1st Edition

Sociological Impressionism (Routledge Revivals) A Reassessment of Georg Simmel's Social Theory

By David Frisby Copyright 2013
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

When Sociological Impressionism was first published in 1981, it was the first comprehensive study on Simmel’s social theory to appear in English since 1925. A pioneering work, it did much to bring about the rediscovery of Georg Simmel as one of the key sociologists of the twentieth century. David Frisby provides a provocative introduction to aspects of Simmel’s social theory, seriously... Read more

Acknowledgments;  Preface;  1. Georg Simmel: A Kind of Introduction to a Man Without Qualities  2. A Foundation for Sociology  3. A Sociological Flâneur  4. ‘Snapshots sub specie aeternitatis’?  5. ‘A Philosophy of the Times?’; Conclusion;  Afterword to the Second Edition;  Notes;  Bibliographical Note;  Index of Names

Biography

Frisby, David