Georg Simmel’s Concluding Thoughts Worlds, Lives, Fragments / by David Beer.

‘This timely book offers a rich critical reflection on Simmel’s lesser known later works. It is a hugely enjoyable read: a lively yet serious engagement that reinvigorates those texts, and compels the reader to revisit Simmel’s oeuvre with new questions in mind. David Beer offers us a powerful evoca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beer, David (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:	1st ed. 2019.
Series:	Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:	Social sciences—Philosophy. Culture—Study and teaching. Philosophy and social sciences. Intellectual life—History. Political sociology. Cultural studies. Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:	Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:	Loaded electronically. Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction: Contextualising Simmel’s Thinking
Part I: The Pursuit of Inspiration
Chapter 2. Lowering a Plumb Line
Chapter 3. The Emerging Figure
Part II: The View of Life
Chapter 4. Life as Transcendence
Chapter 5. The Turn Toward Ideas
Chapter 6. Death and Immortality
Chapter 7. The Law of the Individual
Chapter 8. Conclusion: Working with and Using Simmel’s Ideas.

Georg Simmel’s Concluding Thoughts Worlds, Lives, Fragments / by David Beer.

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