Simmel, individuality, and fundamental change

Bernard S. Phillips

pp. 259-281

in: Michael Kaern, Bernard S. Phillips, Robert S. Cohen (eds), Georg Simmel and contemporary sociology, Berlin, Springer, 1990

Abstract

For Georg Simmel — more than for any other classical sociologist — the quest for individuality is the central problem of the modern world. He begins his 1903 essay, "The Metropolis and Mental Life", with these words.

Cited authors

Simmel Georg