The Social Theory of Georg Simmel (Modern Revivals in Sociology) - Hardcover

Spykman, Nicholas J.

9780751200478: The Social Theory of Georg Simmel (Modern Revivals in Sociology)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0751200476 ISBN 13: 9780751200478

Publisher: Gregg Revivals, 1992

This work by the late Nicholas Spykman offers the reader a comprehensive synopsis of both Simmel's social theory and the essentials of his formal sociology. Drawing on passages from numerous works by Simmel, the author sets out Simmel's conception of the relationship between the different fields of theoretic inquiry into socio-historical actuality; explains his major contribution to the methodology of the social sciences; and finally illustrates Simmel's conception of sociology as a science. The book also contains summaries of the as yet untranslated chapters of Simmel's work, "Sociologie" (1908).

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About the Author:

Nicholas J. Spykman was Sterling Professor of International Relations at Yale University in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He also authored The Geography of the Peace and The Social Theory of Georg Simmel, available from Transaction.

Review:

"An indispensable pathfinder. It is devoutly hoped that American sociologists will show themselves wise enough to use the book as it deserves."

—A. W. Small, American Journal of Sociology

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