Further Reading
- Theory, Culture and Society 8, No. 3 (August 1991): 241 p. (Special issue devoted to Simmel that includes essays by Mike Featherstone, David Frisby, and Donald N. Levine; a bibliographical note on Simmel in translation; and three translations of essays by Simmel.)
- Bogardus, Emory S., The Development of Social Thought, pp. 462-76. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1940. (Overview of what Bogardus considers Simmel's fundamental contribution to sociology: the idea of socialization, or the 'social process.')
- Coser, Lewis A., "Georg Simmel's Style of Work: A Contribution to the Sociology of the Sociologist," The American Journal of Sociology LXIII, No. 6 (May 1958): pp. 635-41. (Examines the effect of the German academic system on Simmel's thought.)
- Donahue, Neil H., "Fear and Fascination in the Big City: Rilke's Use of Georg Simmel in The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge," Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature 16, No. 2 (Summer 1992): 197-219. (Assesses the influence of Simmel's writings on the German poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke.)
- Frisby, David, Sociological Impressionism: A Reassessment of Georg Simmel's Social Theory. London: Heinemann, 1981, 190 p. (Study that attempts to reconstruct some of the central themes in Simmel's work largely through the original texts themselves as well as contemporary commentary.)
- Green, Bryan S., Literary Methods and Sociological Theory: Case Studies of Simmel and Weber. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1988, 303 p. (A linguistic analysis of Simmel's writing style, followed by a semiotic analysis of The Philosophy of Money.)
- Hawthorn, H. B., "A Test of Simmel on the Secret Society: the Doukhobors of British Columbia," The American Journal of Sociology LXII, No. 1 (July 1956): 1-7. (Contends that the collapse of the religious community of the Doukhobors shows that some of Simmel's sociological hypotheses must be incorrect, specifically his theory concerning the threshold for contradictive beliefs.)
- Lawrence, P. A., "Introduction to the Life and Work of Georg Simmel," in Georg Simmel: Sociologist and European, by Georg Simmel, pp. 3-53. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1976. (Detailed introduction to Simmel's life and work, followed by selected writings by Simmel.)
- Liebersohn, Harry, "Georg Simmel: From Society to Utopia," in his Fate and Utopia in German Sociology, 1870-1923, pp. 126-58. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1988. (Looks at the ways in which modern life—especially the modern city—shaped Simmel's thought.)
- Naegele, Kaspar D., "Attachment and Alienation: Complementary Aspects of the Work of Durkheim and Simmel," The American Journal of Sociology LXIII, No. 6 (May 1958): 580-89. (Concludes that from the writings of Simmel and Emile Durkheim emerges a view of social arrangements as involving coherence, differentiation, involvement, and alienation. Durkheim can serve as a direct model for further work. Simmel cannot be directly continued, but he reminds us of what there is to see.)
- Oakes, Guy, ed., Introduction to Essays on Interpretation in Social Science, by Georg Simmel, pp. 3-92. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Littlefield, 1980. (Outlines the major themes in Simmel's writings on the philosophy of history.)
- Oakes, Guy, ed., Introduction to On Women, Sexuality and Love, by Georg Simmel, pp. 3-62. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980. (Examines Simmel's views on feminism and the relations between the sexes.)
- Spykman, Nicholas J., The Social Theory of Georg Simmel. New York: Russell & Russell, 1964, 297 p. (A discussion of problems of sociological methodology, using Simmel's work as a point of orientation.)
- Wolff, Kurt H., ed., Essays on Sociology, Philosophy, and Aesthetics. New York: Harper & Row, 1959, 392 p. (Collection of essays on various aspects of Simmel's writings, with a selection of essays by Simmel and primary and secondary bibliographies.)
- Wolff, Kurt H., Introduction to The Sociology of Georg Simmel, by Georg Simmel, pp. xvii-lxiv. Edited and translated by Kurt H. Wolff. New York: The Free Press, 1950. (Overview of Simmel's life and work.)
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