Introduction to Part I: Georg Simmel as a Social Scientist

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Foreword 9
4. Introductory Remarks 13
5. Part I: Georg Simmel as a Social Scientist
6. Introduction to Part I: Georg Simmel as a Social Scientist 23
7. 1. Georg Simmel: His Life and Work 27
8. 2. The Making of Georg Simmel as a Social Scientist 55
9. 3. The Philosophy of Money: History, Intentions, Perspective, Methodology 95
10. Digression: Simmel on the Marxian Theory of Value 123
11. Part II: Georg Simmel’s Theory of Value
12. Introduction to Part II: Georg Simmel’s Theory of Value 145
13. 4. An Analytical Theory of Value 151
14. 5. An Analysis of Money 173
15. 6. A Synthetic Theory of Value. The Modern ‘Styles of Life’ 201
16. Epilogue: The Value of Culture 227
17. Bibliography 233