The Philosophy Of Money
by Georg Simmel /
2004 / English / PDF
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'I have lost interest ... in all that I have written prior
to
'I have lost interest ... in all that I have written prior
toThe Philosophy of Money
The Philosophy of Money.
.This one is
really
This one is
reallymy
my book, the others appear to me colourless and
seem as if they could have been written by anyone else.' -
book, the others appear to me colourless and
seem as if they could have been written by anyone else.' -Georg Simmel
Georg Simmel to Heinrich Rickert (1904)
to Heinrich Rickert (1904)In
InThe Philosophy of Money
The Philosophy of Money, Simmel provides
us with a remarkably wide-ranging discussion of the social,
psychological and philosophical aspects of the money economy, full
of brilliant insights into the forms that social relationships
take. He analyzes the relationships of money to exchange, the human
personality, the position of women, individual freedom and many
other areas of human existence. Later he provides us with an
account of the consequences of the modern money economy and the
division of labour, which examines the processes of alienation and
reification in work, urban life and elsewhere. Perhaps, more than
any of his other sociological works,
, Simmel provides
us with a remarkably wide-ranging discussion of the social,
psychological and philosophical aspects of the money economy, full
of brilliant insights into the forms that social relationships
take. He analyzes the relationships of money to exchange, the human
personality, the position of women, individual freedom and many
other areas of human existence. Later he provides us with an
account of the consequences of the modern money economy and the
division of labour, which examines the processes of alienation and
reification in work, urban life and elsewhere. Perhaps, more than
any of his other sociological works,The Philosophy of
Money
The Philosophy of
Money gives us an example of his comprehensive analysis of the
interrelationships between the most diverse and seemingly connected
social phenomena.
gives us an example of his comprehensive analysis of the
interrelationships between the most diverse and seemingly connected
social phenomena.
This revised edition of the translation by Tom Bottomore and David
Frisby, includes a new Preface by David Frisby.
This revised edition of the translation by Tom Bottomore and David
Frisby, includes a new Preface by David Frisby.
