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An accessible introduction to ideas and concerns of one of sociology's early founders.
This new volume of the SAGE Social Thinkers series provides a concise introduction to the work, life, and influences of Georg Simmel. It closely examines the writings and ideas of Simmel that introduced a new way of looking at culture and society and helped establish sociology's place among the academic fields. The book focuses on the key intellectual concerns of Simmel, including the process of individualization, religion, private and family life, cities, and modernization. It is ideal for use as a self-contained volume or in conjunction with other sociological theory textbooks.
Evolution: The Family and Private Life
Evolution: The Family and Private Life
The Bond Between Mother and Child
In order to get an impression of how Simmel approached the topic of evolution of family life, we will take a look at his article “Toward a Sociology of the Family,” which appeared in 1895 in two consecutive weekend editions of a German daily newspaper (Simmel, 1895b). His overriding methodological interest is the evolution of culture. In this text, he addresses the then-new and, in many respects, sensational findings of cultural anthropology on how family life and sexual relations were conducted in native tribal societies.
Some writers constructed an evolutionary theory that assumed that in an early stage of human development, there were various forms of polygamy and even promiscuity. ...
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