The social Theory of Georg Simmel

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Identifikator:: 1024612627

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-166627

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Spykman, Nicholas J. http://d-nb.info/gnd/124229867

Title:: The social Theory of Georg Simmel

Place of publication:: Chicago

Publisher:: Univ. of Chicago Press.

Year of publication:: 1925

Scope:: XXIX, 297 S

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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gil PREFACE sciences. We need not expect any real progress in theoretic inquiry or any real advancement toward a practical solu- tion of problems until the situation is cleared up and the relation between sociology and the other social sciences definitely determined. In the United States the so-called science of sociology has made the greatest strides. The number of books pub- lished as sociology runs second only to fiction. It has risen to the rank of an academic discipline, it is being taught in colleges and high schools, and it expresses its self-assurance in the form of innumerable textbooks. The result of this formidable advancement is not clarity, but a formidable confusion. Some of these textbooks actually resemble an organized body of theoretic scientific knowledge. A great many others contain a combination of social philosophy and social ethics. The rest consist of anthologies of the masterpieces of literature pertaining to social affairs and of handbooks for social reformers. These latter are related to the first as a country carpenter’s manual to a text on theoretical mechanics. This confusion is not due solely to the psychological motives already mentioned, but the difficulties are also the result of the conflicting demands which are made upon the man whose fate it is to bear the title of sociologist. He is supposed to be a scientist, a teacher, and an engineer. These demands conflict, and the result has been that re- search has been sacrificed to teaching. That this is not en- couraging for the prospects of a rapid advance in social angineering is evident. As a teacher, the American sociologist has been re- quired to give his students an understanding of the com- plexities of social life. His subject has been a sort of glori- fied high-school civics. As a college course, his subject is extremely valuable, and it should be included in all cur- TIC SC Ik I}? Sig th 9,0 th CO his Sl CO th al SO OU th ar gr foc mia fc N. we for cO VE Wi SO fer

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