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Georg Simmel

Georg Simmel (1 March 1858 – 28 September 1918) was a German sociologist, philosopher, and critic.

Simmel was one of the first generation of German sociologists: his neo-Kantian approach laid the foundations for sociological antipositivism, asking 'What is society?' in a direct allusion to Kant's question 'What is nature?', presenting pioneering analyses of social individuality and fragmentation. For Simmel, culture referred to "the cultivation of individuals through the agency of external forms which have been objectified in the course of history". Simmel discussed social and cultural phenomena in terms of "forms" and "contents" with a transient relationship; form becoming content, and vice versa, dependent on the context. In this sense he was a forerunner to structuralist styles of reasoning in the social sciences. With his work on the metropolis, Simmel was a precursor of urban sociology, symbolic interactionism and social network analysis.

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German sociologist, philosopher, and critic (1858-1918)

Born 1 Mar 1858
Died 28 Sep 1918

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German sociologist, philosopher, and critic (1858-1918)

Born 1 Mar 1858
Died 28 Sep 1918

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Philosophy, Sociology, History, Aesthetics, Religion, Addresses, essays, lectures, Art, Modern Philosophy, Theory of Knowledge, Civilization, Methodology, Religion and sociology, German Philosophy, Love, Philosophie, Philosophy, Modern, Criticism and interpretation, Ethics, Knowledge, Theory of, Monadology, Money, Sex, Social aspects, Social conflict, Social groups

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Germany, Netherlands, Vienna (Austria)

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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Georg Simmel (1858-1918), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), Rembrandt van Ryn, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900)

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19th century, 20th century

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
October 7, 2017 Edited by dcapillae Add bio
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 6, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
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