商品簡介
Simmel's work in sociology permeates the intellectual landscape, yet he is thought by many to still stand in the shadows of Weber. It is therefore very appropriate for him to apply his theories to the work of the master of shadows, Rembrandt. Simmel primarily examines portraits and self-portraits, observing the relationship of visual representation to the inner life of the subject in its reserve, openness, animation, and relationship to the viewer, but also examines his own reactions to what he sees in the light and shadows and the beauty, perfection, artistic impulse, and death he finds there. This is the first translation of a work which has been standing in the shadows of the Anglophone intellectual community since 1916. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Georg Simmel (1858-1918) was a German sociologist of high regard. His most famous work, which Routledge also publishes, is The Philosophy of Money.
Alan Scott is Professor and Helmut Staubmann is Associate Professor, both in the Department of Sociology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
