Fashion Philosophy

Author: Georg Simmel
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: Georg Simmel was a German thinker. He, along with Marx and Weber, is known as one of the three classic thinkers of modern capitalist theory. "He is so close to us." On one hand, Simmel lived a century ago, but on the other hand, his cultural analysis and description of capitalism astonishingly anticipated the widespread academic interest of the contemporary era. His patient and meticulous dissection of money and currency, his phenomenological exposure of the metropolis, and his fragmented depiction of everyday life not only gave him a unique identity in his time but also led to his extraordinary and celebrated promotion today, alongside Benjamin, whom he influenced, as a pioneer of postmodern thought.
Georg Simmel was a German thinker. He, along with Marx and Weber, is known as one of the three classic thinkers of modern capitalist theory. "He is so close to us." On one hand, Simmel lived a century ago, but on the other hand, his cultural analysis and description of capitalism astonishingly anticipated the widespread academic interest of the contemporary era. His patient and meticulous dissection of money and currency, his phenomenological exposure of the metropolis, and his fragmented depiction of everyday life not only gave him a unique identity in his time but also led to his extraordinary and celebrated promotion today, alongside Benjamin, whom he influenced, as a pioneer of postmodern thought.
This book is a collection of Simmel's works, where his consistent themes, fragmentary style, obscure jargon, theoretical temperament, and philosophical nature are fully exposed.