Georg Simmel and Avant-Garde Sociology: the birth of modernity, 1880–1920

Darrow Schecter

History of European Ideas · 2003 · 20 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

When queried about the founders of modern sociology, most people will inevitably cite the names of Marx, Durkheim and Weber. Georg Simmel (1858–1918) would probably not rank amongst the founding me...