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Routledge
348 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
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Contemporary sociology increasingly seems to be adopting a perspective similar to that on which Georg Simmel's analysis and interpretations rested. To a significant degree, therefore, sociologists continue to turn to Simmel for a basic understanding of the forms and processes of social life. Nicholas Spykman's The Social Theory of Georg Simmel , originally published in 1925, was the first... Read more
Book I: Social Philosophy; Introduction; I: The Concept of Society; II: Sociology; III: Sociology as Distinct From the Social Sciences and Social Psychology; IV: Sociology as Distinct from Social Philosophy; V: Sociology as Distinct From the Philosophy Of History and the Search for Historical Laws; VI: The Method and Technique of Formal Sociology; VII: The Prerequisites of Socialization; Summary; BOOK II: Social Science; Introduction; I: Submission; II: Opposition; III: The Numerical Relations of Social Forms; IV: The Spatial Relations of Social Forms; V: Social Conservation; VI: Social Differentiation; VII: The Individual and the Group; Summary; BOOK III: Social Philosophy; Introduction; I: Money and Individual Liberty; II: Money and the Style of Modern Life; Summary; Conclusion; Conclusion
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Nicholas J. Spykman
