Introduction one

Simmel as a puzzling figure

Michael Kaern

1-8

Introduction two

Simmel as a puzzling figure for contemporary sociology

Bernard S. Phillips

9-12

On the current rediscovery of Georg Simmel's sociology

a European point of view

Heinz-Jürgen Dahme

13-37

Georg Simmel's concept of society

David P. Frisby

39-55

Georg Simmel and the study of modernity

David P. Frisby

57-74

The world as human construction

Michael Kaern

75-98

Four concepts of social science at Berlin university

Dilthey, Lazarus, Schmoller and Simmel

Klaus C. Köhnke

99-107

Simmel's contribution to Parsons' action theory and its fate

Gary D. Jaworski

109-130

Simmel on memory

Paolo Jedlowski

131-154

Social differentiation and modernity

on Simmel's macrosociology

Frank J. Lechner

155-179

Simmel's sociology in relation to Schopenhauer's philosophy

181-197

Simmel on the ratio of subjective values to objective cultural possibilities

Omar K. Moore

199-224

On the concept of "erleben" in Georg Simmel's sociology

Birgitta Nedelmann

225-241

Georg Simmel as an analyst of autonomous dynamics

the merry-go-round of fashion

Birgitta Nedelmann

243-257

Simmel, individuality, and fundamental change

Bernard S. Phillips

259-281

Georg Simmel's theory of culture

Lawrence A. Scaff

283-296

The groundwork of Simmel's new "storey" beneath historical materialism

Jeffrey A. Shad

297-317

Georg Simmel and the cultural dilemma of women

Suzanne Vromen

319-340

Dimensions of conflict

Georg Simmel on modern life

Deena Weinstein, Michael Weinstein

341-355

Simmel's influence on Lukács's conception of the sociology of art

Anna Wessely

357-373

Simmel's metaphysics

Anna Wessely

375-383