Sociology Reconsidered

Simmel’s theory of society is known as “Formal Sociology” (Formale Soziologie). Leopold von Wiese explains that “formal sociology” (the term was introduced later by his colleagues) results from Simmel’s view of sociology as a theory of the forms of social

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Ferdinand Fellmann

Rethinking Georg Simmel’s Social Philosophy

Ferdinand Fellmann (deceased) Münster, Germany

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