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D-Index
60
Citations
29517
World Ranking
1405
National Ranking
44

Overview

Georg Simmel was affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their academic work primarily spanned the fields of Arts and Humanities as well as Social Sciences, with a notable focus on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Sociology and Political Science, Museology, Political Science and International Relations, and Philosophy.

The research topics covered by Simmel included Art, Aesthetics, and Perception; Visual Culture and Art Theory; Libraries and Information Services; Arts, Culture, and Music Studies; Fashion and Cultural Textiles; Populism, Right-Wing Movements; and Critical Theory and Philosophy.

They contributed to several scholarly publications, with recent papers including:

  • "Roses: A Social Hypothesis" (2021) published in Theory Culture & Society
  • "Nienawiść polityczna w PRL: cztery przykłady" (2023) published in Przegląd Historyczny
  • "Digressão sobre a submissão das minorias às maiorias de Georg Simmel" (2023) published in Problemata
  • "The picture frame: an aesthetic study (Translated from German by Olena Pavlova)" (2024) published in UKRAINIAN CULTURAL STUDIES

Simmel worked with several frequent collaborators such as Marcin Zaremba, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Historii, Irena Kamińska-Szmaj, and Paweł Brykczyński.

Their contributions were regularly featured in venues including Theory Culture & Society, Przegląd Historyczny, Problemata, and UKRAINIAN CULTURAL STUDIES.

In addition to articles, Simmel authored books published by Klassiker der Sozialwissenschaften, including the 2023 work Soziologische Ästhetik.

Best Publications

  • The sociology of Georg Simmel

    Georg Simmel;Kurt Heinrich Wolff

  • The Philosophy of Money

    Georg Simmel

  • Conflict And The Web Of Group Affiliations

    Georg Simmel;Kurt H. Wolff;Reinhard Bendix

  • The Metropolis and Mental Life

    Georg Simmel

  • On individuality and social forms

    Georg Simmel

  • Soziologie: Untersuchungen Über Die Formen Der Vergesellschaftung

    Georg Simmel

  • Philosophie des Geldes

    Georg Simmel

  • The Sociology of Secrecy and of Secret Societies

    Georg Simmel

  • The Sociology of Sociability

    Georg Simmel

  • On individuality and social forms : selected writings

    Georg Simmel;Donald Nathan Levine

  • Fashion

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  • The Number of Members as Determining the Sociological form of the Group. II

    Georg Simmel

  • Sociology: Inquiries into the Construction of Social Forms

    Georg Simmel

  • Bridge and Door

    Georg Simmel

  • Die Großstädte und das Geistesleben

    Georg Simmel

  • How is Society Possible

    Georg Simmel

  • The Sociology of Conflict. I

    Georg Simmel

  • The View of Life: Four Metaphysical Essays with Journal Aphorisms

    Georg Simmel;John A. Y. Andrews;Donald Nathan Levine;Daniel Silver

  • Der Krieg Und Die Geistigen Entscheidungen Grundfragen der Soziologie ; Vom Wesen des Historischen Verstehens ; der Konflikt der Modernen Kultur ; Lebensanschauung

    Georg Simmel;Gregor Fitzi;Otthein Rammstedt

  • The philosophy of money

    Georg Simmel;T. B Bottomore;David P Frisby

  • The Conflict in Modern Culture, and Other Essays.

    Charles P. Loomis;Georg Simmel;K. Peter Etzkorn

  • Conflict and the Web of Group Affiliations

    D. G. Macrae;Georg Simmel

Frequent Co-Authors

Emile Durkheim
Emile Durkheim Université Paris Cité
Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin Temple University
Mike Featherstone
Mike Featherstone Goldsmiths University of London
Howard S. Becker
Howard S. Becker University of Washington
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas Goethe University Frankfurt

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