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Simmel on Culture
Selected Writings
First Edition
Edited by:
- David Frisby - University of Glasgow, UK
- Mike Featherstone - Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
November 1997 | 320 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
The German sociologist and philosopher Georg Simmel (1858-1918) is recognized as a leading early twentieth-century European social theorist. This collection enables the reader to engage with the full range of Simmel's dazzling contributions to the study of culture. It opens with Simmel's basic essays on defining culture, its changes and its crisis. These are followed by more specific explorations of: the culture of face-to-face interactions; spatial and urban culture; leisure culture; the culture of money and commodities; the culture of belief; and the politics of female culture.
Introduction to the Texts
Defining Culture
Culture and Crisis
Culture of Interaction
Spatial and Urban Culture
Fashion, Adornment and Style
Leisure Culture
Money and Commodity Culture
Politics of Culture
Beliefs and Culture
