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A Gloss on the State Theory of Money: Simmel and Knapp

open access: yesSimmel Studies, 2020
A Gloss the State abstract In his Staatliche Theorie des Geldes, published in 1905, Georg Friedrich Knapp presented the thesis that underlies so-called ‘chartalism’: “Das Geld ist ein Geschöpf der Rechtsordnung.” Formulated at a time when the basing of ...
Leopoldo Waizbort
semanticscholar   +1 more source

GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS IN LAGOS: Virtual Reality between Urban Marketing and Media Activism

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the role of virtual reality (VR) technologies in mediating and contesting dominant visions of urban futures in West Africa. Drawing on theoretical insights from a hybridization of the work of the German‐born Jewish critic Walter Benjamin and the Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola, I introduce the concept of phantasmagoria as a ...
Hervé Roquet
wiley   +1 more source

Wie kam Georg Simmel zur Modernen?

open access: yes, 2020
The article offers a detailed and in-depth insight into the use and meaning of the concept “modern” by Georg Simmel. From the late 1880s onwards, Simmel presents himself as part of the Naturalism movement – which he also calls “movement of ...
Rammstedt, Otthein, Otthein Rammstedt
core   +1 more source

Notas sobre o conceito e a tragédia de cultura popular. Uma discussão à luz da sociologia Simmeliana

open access: yesRevista de Ciências Humanas, 2009
Este ensaio tem por objetivo realizar uma aproximação ao conceito de cultura popular a partir da perspectiva simmeliana. Minha abordagem busca configurar-se na forma ensaistica dos textos estéticos de Simmel. Tomo esta tarefa por concordar com este autor
Ronaldo de Oliveira Corrêa
doaj   +1 more source

The Mysterious Stranger and Modern Enchantment

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sociological accounts of modernity have long emphasized rationalization, alienation, and the attenuation of affective intensity. While these diagnoses capture crucial dynamics of modern social order, they leave underexplored a persistent and generative dimension of social life: enchantment.
Dmitry Kurakin
wiley   +1 more source

Georg Simmel y los sentidos: una sociología relacional de la percepción

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Sociología, 2017
Este artículo propone una revisión del plan programático de la sociología de los sentidos de Georg Simmel, encaminada hacia una sociología relacional de la percepción.
Olga Sabido-Ramos
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rebranding the Nation: Migrant Fashion Production and the Contested Politics of ‘Made in Italy’

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Prato engage with the contested meaning of the Made in Italy production label. As Chinese‐run fashion firms have become central to Italy’s fast fashion sector, their growing visibility has raised public concerns about authenticity, national identity, and the perceived erosion of ...
Yintan Fan
wiley   +1 more source

The Symbolic Organisation of Political Antagonism: An Integrative Model of Cultural and Social Polarisation

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article develops a cultural and relational model of political polarisation that integrates insights from currently disconnected streams of scholarship to conceive polarisation as a discursive and performative struggle over sacred meanings.
Werner Binder   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Through the Maze of Child Mental Health Care: Parents' Experiences and the Role of Social Work

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This qualitative study explored parents' experiences of professional care for children with mental health challenges, focusing on the role of social work. Fourteen semi‐structured interviews (mothers: n = 11, fathers: n = 3) were analysed thematically.
Nika Totova   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Why?”: C. Wright Mills on the Spirit of the Classical Sociological Tradition and Positivist Versus Critical Sociology

open access: yesSociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite their very diverse interests, the classical sociological thinkers were concerned with analyzing the dramatic social transformations in the wake of colonialism, slavery, and modern industrial capitalism as well as the multiple revolutions, particularly in relation to the new forms of social inequalities and power disparities.
Zaheer Baber
wiley   +1 more source

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