From Spatial Forms to Perception: Reassessing Georg Simmel’s Theory of Space
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Subject = H Social Sciences / társadalomtudományok: HM Sociology / társadalomkutatás: HM1 Sociological points of view / szociológiai irányzatok
Subject = H Social Sciences / társadalomtudományok: HM Sociology / társadalomkutatás
Type = Article
Cím:
From Spatial Forms to Perception: Reassessing Georg Simmel’s Theory of Space
Létrehozó:
Berger, Viktor
Kiadó:
Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
Dátum:
2023
Téma:
HM Sociology / társadalomkutatás
HM1 Sociological points of view / szociológiai irányzatok
Tartalmi leírás:
Among the founders of sociology, it was Georg Simmel who provided the most thorough analysis and theory of space. This paper aims to reconstruct Simmel’s spatial theory and his observations of spatial relations. The German sociologist engaged with spatiality in a threefold way. First, he tried to provide a systematic social theory of space; second, analyzing spatial relations was important for his diagnosis of modernity; third, he dealt with the subjective constitutions of space in his shorter, essayistic writings. This paper argues that the importance of the third strand for a sociological understanding of space has seldom been recognized in sociology. In addition, it also shows that despite the diversity in perspectives, there is an underlying coherence to Simmel’s theory of space. As a result, it becomes evident that Simmel was not only ground-breaking in conceptualizing space from a sociological point of view, but that his theory of space continues to be inspirational and relevant to this day for interpreting the entanglement of social and spatial relations.
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angol
Típus:
Article
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Formátum:
text
Azonosító:
Berger, Viktor (2023) From Spatial Forms to Perception: Reassessing Georg Simmel’s Theory of Space. THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGIST, 54 (1). pp. 123-146. ISSN 0003-1232 (print); 1936-4784 (online)
Kapcsolat:
DOI: 10.1007/s12108-022-09556-x
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