Thanks to helpful criticism and suggestions a second and improved edition of this collection can be made available. One text has been added and the format has been changed to make the pages more reada
In China: Promise or Threat? Helle compares the cultures of China and the West through both private and public spheres. He argues that, for China, the private sphere of family life is well-defined and
This is an introduction to the sociological "messages" of Georg Simmel (1858-1918), which Helle (Ludwig-Maximilians-U. Munchen, Germany) summarizes as: the need for interpretation of social experience
As the founder of the humanist version of sociology, Georg Simmel sent powerful messages about the discipline. His key ideas?that reality is socially constructed, changes over time, and rarely is as i
This new volume of the SAGE Social Thinkers series, The Social Thought of Georg Simmel provides a concise introduction to the work, life, and influences of Georg Simmel. Horst J. Helle closely examine
China: Promise or Threat? compares China and the West, demonstrating that China has a strong private realm of family life but acts unreliably in matters of government and the law, while the reverse is
Georg Simmel (1858-1918) was one of the formative figures of German sociology. This is a two-volume English translation of his 1908 Sociologie, in which he lays out his theory of what sociology should
