The Philosophy of Money
by Georg Simmel
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'Its greatness... lies in ceaseless and varied use of the money form to unearth and conceptually reveal incommensurabilities of all kinds, in social reality fully as much as in thought itself.' - Fredric Jameson. In The Philosophy of Money, Georg Simmel puts money on the couch. He provides us with a classic analysis 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 show more relationships of money to exchange, human personality, the position of women, and individual freedom. Simmel also offers us prophetic insights into the consequences of the modern money economy and the division of labour, in particular the processes of alienation and reification in work and urban life. -- Publisher. show lessTags
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I can only quote Walter Benjamin: "This book is full of insights, so long as you disregard its central thesis."
A bizarre neo-Kantian treatise of the "unfolding in time of money," this work is almost horrifically wide-ranging in its analysis and penetrating in its depth. While the transcendentalism inherent in the metaphysical treatment of money is repulsive (especially when he discusses gender), his elaboration on the material semiotics and cultural situated-ness of money are absolutely brilliant.
Huge influence on Max Weber and much of the Frankfurt School, has an interesting take on historical materialism.
A bizarre neo-Kantian treatise of the "unfolding in time of money," this work is almost horrifically wide-ranging in its analysis and penetrating in its depth. While the transcendentalism inherent in the metaphysical treatment of money is repulsive (especially when he discusses gender), his elaboration on the material semiotics and cultural situated-ness of money are absolutely brilliant.
Huge influence on Max Weber and much of the Frankfurt School, has an interesting take on historical materialism.
Frisby, David (Translator)
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Georg Simmel, a German sociologist, was a brilliant scholar who wrote about many aspects of human existence but never developed a systematic theory. He lectured at Berlin University for many years but was never given a permanent position because of his Jewish origins, his nonprofessorial brilliance, and what some took to be his destructive show more intellectual attitude. He is remembered in the United States for a number of insightful essays on such topics as the social role of the stranger and the nature of group affiliation. His book on conflict formed the basis of Lewis A. Coser's The Functions of Social Conflict, one of the classics of American sociology. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Philosophie des Geldes
- Original publication date
- 1900; 1907 (2nd ed.) (2nd ed.)
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