La vita individuale
L'estetica sociologica di Georg Simmel
- Gianluca Valle,
The individual life, analysed by Georg Simmel, provides analytic tools for an understanding, not only of man in early industrial society, but also of the man of today. Imitation and distinction, fashion and theatre, the circulation of money, or the models of individuality expressed by Goethe and by Rembrandt, represent "aesthetic solutions" to the quest for identity that lacerates modern man in the face of the crisis of absolutes and the polytheism of values. There is a deep weft, indeed, in the writings of Georg Simmel that justifies a revision of the current academic definitions of "sociological impressionism" and "journalistic philosophy". This is a unified mesh created by constant references to aesthetics, understood as a philosophy that explores the structures of meaning of individual and social life. This bringing together of fields of investigation traditionally considered as remote and incommensurable – such as sociology and aesthetics – makes Simmel's meditation one of the most stimulating adventures in contemporary thought.
- Keywords:
- Filosofia,
- Estetica,
- Sociologia,
- Georg Simmel,
- Rembrandt,
- Goethe Wolfgang,
- Immanuel Kant,
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-8453-705-8
- Series: Studi e saggi
- Scientific Board Consiglio Editoriale FUP 2007-2010
- Language: Italian
- Subjects: Philosophy Sociology
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IED, European Institute of Design, Italy
His research interests are poised on the borderline between aesthetics and the sociology of art, and concern the theories of the artistic object. He has published numerous articles, in particular in Studi di estetica and Fenomenologia e società.
- Publication Year: 2008
- Pages: 0
- eISBN: 978-88-8453-705-8
- Content License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IT
- © 2008 Author(s)
- Publication Year: 2008
- Pages: 174
- eISBN: 978-88-8453-704-1
- Content License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IT
- © 2008 Author(s)
- Publication Year: 2008
- eISBN: 978-88-9273-862-1
- Content License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IT
- © 2008 Author(s)
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Book Title
La vita individuale
Book Subtitle
L'estetica sociologica di Georg Simmel
Authors
Gianluca Valle
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Number of Pages
174
Publication Year
2008
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© 2008 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-8453-705-8
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978-88-8453-704-1
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978-88-8453-705-8
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978-88-9273-862-1
Series Title
Studi e saggi
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2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919
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