Georg Simmel’s Concluding Thoughts: Worlds, Lives, Fragments
Autor David Beeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 noi 2020
This book draws upon the work of Georg Simmel to explore the limits, tensions and dynamism of social life through a close analysis of the works produced in the final years of his life and reveals what they might still offer some 100 years later. Focusing on the relationships between worlds, lives and fragments in these works, David Beer opens up a conceptual toolkit for understanding life as both an individual experience and as a deeply social phenomenon. Taking the reader through artistic and musical forms of inspiration, to the problems of culture and on to the conceptual understanding of lived experience, the book illuminates the richness of Simmel’s ideas and thinking. This sophisticated dialogue with Simmel’s lesser known later works will provide fresh insights for students and scholars of cultural and social theory and pave the way for a reinvigorated engagement with his ideas.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783030129934
ISBN-10: 3030129934
Pagini: 197
Ilustrații: XVII, 197 p. 1 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 3030129934
Pagini: 197
Ilustrații: XVII, 197 p. 1 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
Cuprins
Chapter 1. Introduction: Contextualising Simmel’s Thinking.- Part I: The Pursuit of Inspiration.- Chapter 2. Lowering a Plumb Line.- Chapter 3. The Emerging Figure.- Part II: The View of Life.- Chapter 4. Life as Transcendence.- Chapter 5. The Turn Toward Ideas.- Chapter 6. Death and Immortality.- Chapter 7. The Law of the Individual.- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Working with and Using Simmel’s Ideas.
Recenzii
“Simmel’s interests were wide-ranging. He could find inspiration in all sorts of subjects and topics, and Beer shows in beautiful detail how extraordinarily original Simmel’s world and work actually were. He brings to light the connections between thinking and writing, between form and content, between systematic arguments and passing remarks.” (Daniel Chernilo, Issue (1-4), European Journal of Social Theory, 2020)
Notă biografică
David Beer is Professor of Sociology at the University of York, UK. His previous books include The Data Gaze (2018), Metric Power (2016) and Punk Sociology (2014).
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‘This timely book offers a rich critical reflection on Simmel’s lesser known later works. It is a hugely enjoyable read: a lively yet serious engagement that reinvigorates those texts, and compels the reader to revisit Simmel’s oeuvre with new questions in mind. David Beer offers us a powerful evocation of the detail, depth and range of Simmel’s imaginative thinking and how it might inspire us in the present.’
—Martin Hand, Queen's University, Canada
This book draws upon the work of Georg Simmel to explore the limits, tensions and dynamism of social life through a close analysis of the works produced in the final years of his life and reveals what they might still offer some 100 years later. Focusing on the relationships between worlds, lives and fragments in these works, David Beer opens up a conceptual toolkit for understanding life as both an individual experience and as a deeply social phenomenon. Taking the reader through artistic andmusical forms of inspiration, to the problems of culture and on to the conceptual understanding of lived experience, the book illuminates the richness of Simmel’s ideas and thinking. This sophisticated dialogue with Simmel’s lesser known later works will provide fresh insights for students and scholars of cultural and social theory and pave the way for a reinvigorated engagement with his ideas.
David Beer is Professor of Sociology at the University of York, UK. His previous books include The Data Gaze (2018), Metric Power (2016) and Punk Sociology(2014).
Caracteristici
Provides a lively critical dialogue with Simmel’s lesser known later works Offers a conceptual toolkit for understanding life as both individual experience and as a deeply social phenomenon Demonstrates the continued relevance of Simmel’s works and puts his ideas to new use Emphasizes the openness and interdisciplinarity of Simmel’s work