As founder of the humanist version of sociology, Simmel sent powerful messages that are identified and explained in this book: interpretation - things are often not what they appear to be; change - culture and society evolve over time; interaction - reality is socially construct…
"As founder of the humanist version of sociology, Simmel sent powerful messages that are identified and explained in this book: interpretation - things are often not what they appear to be; change- culture and society evolve over time; interaction - reality is socially construct…
As a founder of humanist sociology Simmel sent several important messages, identified and explained here as referring to interpretation, evolution, interaction, and alienation. Simmel's ideas on these issues are confronted and compared with those of Karl Marx and Max Weber.
A reassessment of the distinctive features of the Chicago School, its contributions in the theoretical and methodological fields, and its influence on the growth of sociology throughout the world, and in American in particular. The text pays particular attention to the eclectic …