Georg Simmel

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Georg Simmel was a pioneering German sociologist and philosopher known for his analyses of social forms, modernity, and urban life, which significantly shaped 20th-century social theory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
philosopher
social theorist
sociologist
academicDegree doctorate in philosophy
causeOfDeath liver cancer
countryOfBirth Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
countryOfDeath German Empire
dateOfBirth 1858-03-01
dateOfDeath 1918-09-28
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin
employer University of Berlin NERFINISHED
University of Strasbourg
era 19th-century philosophy
20th-century philosophy
ethnicGroup German
familyName Georg Simmel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Simmel
fieldOfWork cultural philosophy
philosophy
social psychology
social theory
sociology
givenName Georg
influenced Chicago School of sociology
surface form: Chicago School of Sociology

Erving Goffman
György Lukács
surface form: Georg Lukács

Karl Mannheim
Max Weber
Robert E. Park
Theodor W. Adorno
influencedBy Friedrich Nietzsche
G. W. F. Hegel
Immanuel Kant
languageOfWorkOrName German
mainInterest individualism
modernity
money and economy
social forms
urban life
movement formal sociology
life-philosophy
neo-Kantianism
name Georg Simmel self-link
notableConcept blasé attitude
dyad and triad in social interaction
formal sociology
social forms
The Stranger
surface form: the stranger

tragedy of culture
notableWork Bridge and Door
On Social Differentiation
Sociology: Investigations on the Forms of Sociation
The Metropolis and Mental Life
The Philosophy of Money
The Stranger
notedFor analyses of modern urban life
influence on 20th-century social theory
pioneering contributions to sociology
occupation university teacher
placeOfBirth Berlin
placeOfDeath Strasbourg
surface form: Strassburg
positionHeld Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: Privatdozent at University of Berlin

professor of philosophy at University of Strasbourg
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
sexOrGender male

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Walter Benjamin influencedBy Georg Simmel
György Lukács doctoralAdvisor Georg Simmel
György Lukács influencedBy Georg Simmel
Lebensphilosophie associatedWith Georg Simmel
Verstehen associatedWith Georg Simmel
Georg Simmel name Georg Simmel self-link
Georg Simmel familyName Georg Simmel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Simmel
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