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Simmel on Culture
Denise M Rousseau
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Paperback. This collection enables the reader to engage with the full range of Georg Simmel's dazzling contributions to the study of culture. It opens with his basic essays on defining culture, its changes and its crisis. These are followed by more specific explorations of culture. Editor(s): Frisby, David; Featherstone, Mike. Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780803986527
SKU
V9780803986527
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About Denise M Rousseau
Mike Featherstone is Professor of Communications and Sociology at Nottingham Trent University. CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA : Zygmunt Bauman University of Leeds Henning Bech University of Copenhagen Elizabeth Beck-Gernsheim Universtiy of Erlangen Mary Evans University of Kent at Canterbury David Frisby University of Glasgow ... Read more
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