The challenge of modernity Simmel's sociological theory - Fitzi, Gregor (Routledge, 2018)
Introduction: Georg Simmel and sociological grand theory 1. Theory of Modernity 1.1 Social differentiation 1.2 Monetary economy 1.3 Culture reification 1.4 Urbanisation 1.5 Neurasthenia and beyond 1.6 Women's emancipation 1.7 Fashion 1.8 Simmel and Marx 2. Sociological Epistemology 2.1 The dismantling of social ontology 2.2 The object of sociology 2.3 Enquiry into social mechanisms 2.4 Coordinating social structure and social action or 'social validity' 2.5 Space and social closure 2.6 Conflict 2.7 Simmel and Durkheim 3. Sociology of Culture 3.1 Qualitative societal differentiation 3.2 Economy and the social realm 3.3 Politics 3.4 Religion 3.5 Art 3.6 Eroticism 3.7 Simmel and Weber 4. Sociological Anthropology 4.1 The anthropology of social action 4.2 The anthropology of social structure 4.3 The anthropology of social validity 4.4 Individual life and societal form 4.5 Simmel and Plessner 5. Social Ethics 5.1 Conduct of life in modern times 5.2 The conflict of normative cultures 5.3 Individual law and community 5.4 Emotional nationalism and transnational rationalism 5.5 Between Kant and Goethe 6. Outlook: oblivion and rediscovery Editions Literature