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Simmel, Georg. 1858-1918.

Georg Simmel on individuality and social forms : selected writings / Individuality and social forms edited and with an introduction by Donald N. Levine. - Chicago, University of Chicago Press : 1971. - lxv, 395 p. 21 cm. - The Heritage of sociology. . - Heritage of sociology. .

Includes bibliography p. 395.

I: Philosophy of the social sciences
How is history possible?
How is society possible?
The problem of sociology
The categories of human experience
II: Forms of social interaction
Exchange
Conflict
Domination
Prostitution
Sociability
III: Social types
The stranger
The poor
The miser and the spendthrift
The adventurer
The nobility
IV: Forms of individuality
Freedom and the individual
Subjective culture
Eros, platonic and modern
V: Individuality and social structure
Group expansion and the development of individuality
Fashion
The metropolis and mental life
Subordination and personal fulfillment
VI: Forms versus life process: the dialectics of change
Social forms and inner needs
The transcendent character of life
The conflict in modern culture.

ISBN: 0226757765 (pbk.) 9780226757766 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sociology.
Social psychology.
Sociology essays.

Dewey Class. No.: 301.08 SIM / 001016