Messages From Georg Simmel: Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume 49

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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 it appears - are critically re-examined with an eye toward drawing lessons for contemporary scholars and activists. With essential insights for those working in any field within the social sciences.

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Horst J. Helle studied business administration, sociology and psychology at the University of Hamburg, leading to a Dr.phil. in 1959 and a Habilitation for Sociology in 1967. He held professor positions in Aachen and Wien; and since 1973 he is profesor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt Mnchen,