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Exploring the intricacies of value, this work delves into philosophical questions surrounding ethics, aesthetics, and the nature of worth. It offers a critical examination of how values shape human experience and decision-making. By analyzing various philosophical perspectives, the author invites readers to reflect on their own beliefs and the implications of value systems in society. The text serves as both a theoretical exploration and a practical guide for understanding the complexities of value in everyday life.

Georg Simmel explores the interplay between individuality and society, arguing that personal development is achieved through social interaction. However, he posits that individuals retain a core essence that remains distinct and cannot be fully assimilated into the social fabric. This essay delves into the complexities of socialization and the inherent tension between the self and societal influences.

Georg Simmel's writings on art and aesthetics are compiled in this groundbreaking collection, featuring many essays translated into English for the first time. Renowned as a founding figure of modern sociology, Simmel's insights into various cultural aspects, including aesthetics, landscape, theater, and literature, are showcased. Edited and translated by Austin Harrington, the volume includes his insightful introduction, which adds depth to the understanding of Simmel’s influence on early 20th-century cultural theory.

A quartet of essays on great European cities from the groundbreaking thinker Georg Simmel These brilliant essays, from one of Germany's greatest and most influential thinkers, are beautifully written and highly readable portraits of three Italian cities: Rome, Venice and Florence. Simmel saw the city as a work of art in itself, and taken together these pieces act as a powerful suite expounding that notion. A seminal work of psycho-geography, this collection has never been published together in English before.

Published in 1918, this title is the author's final work. Composed in the years before his death, it was, according to Simmel, his 'testament', a capstone work of profound metaphysical inquiry intended to formulate his conception of life in its entirety.

Anticipating contemporary deconstructive readings of philosophical texts, Georg Simmel pits the two German masters of philosophy of life against each other in a play of opposition and supplementation. This first English translation of Simmel's work includes an extensive introduction, providing the reader with ready access to the text by mapping its discursive strategies.

The complete translation of Simmel's classic work in which he provides us with a dazzling and wide-ranging discussion of the social, psychological and philosophical aspects of the money economy.