{"product_id":"georg-simmel-essays-on-art-and-aesthetics-hardcover","title":"Georg Simmel: Essays on Art and Aesthetics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorg Simmel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorg Simmel is one of the most original German thinkers of the twentieth century and is considered a founding architect of the modern discipline of sociology. Ranging over fundamental questions of the relationship of self and society, his influential writings on money, modernity, and the metropolis continue to provoke debate today.\u003cbr\u003e Fascinated by the relationship between culture, society, and economic life, Simmel took an interest in myriad phenomena of aesthetics and the arts. A friend of writers and artists such as Auguste Rodin, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Stefan George, he wrote dozens of pieces engaging with topics such as the work of Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Rodin, Japanese art, naturalism and symbolism, Goethe, \"art for art's sake\", art exhibitions, and the aesthetics of the picture frame. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the first collection to bring together Simmel's finest writing on art and aesthetics, and many of the items appear in English in this volume for the first time. The more than forty essays show the protean breadth of Simmel's reflections, covering landscape painting, portraiture, sculpture, poetry, theater, form, style, and representation. An extensive introduction by Austin Harrington gives an overview of Simmel's themes and elucidates the significance of his work for the many theorists who would be inspired by his ideas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Something of an outsider to the formal academic world of his day, Simmel wrote creatively with the flair of an essayist. This expansive collection of translations preserves the narrative ease of Simmel's prose and will be a vital source for readers with an interest in Simmel's trailblazing ideas in modern European philosophy, sociology, and cultural theory.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorg Simmel\u003c\/b\u003e (1858-1918) taught at the University of Berlin and the University of Strasbourg. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Money\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe View of Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGeorg Simmel on Individuality and\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocial Forms\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter two both published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cb\u003eAustin Harrington\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of sociology at the University of Leeds. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eGerman Cosmopolitan Social Thought and the Idea of the\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWest: Voices from Weimar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48093443916024,"sku":"9780226620930","price":197.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/7VwgXSq5WK9780226620930.webp?v=1783956794","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/georg-simmel-essays-on-art-and-aesthetics-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}