In The Philosophy of Money, Georg Simmel
puts money on the couch. He provides us with a classic analysis of the social,
psychological and philosophical aspects of the money economy, full of brilliant insights
into the forms that social relationships take. He analyzes the relationships of money to
exchange, human personality, the position of women, and individual freedom. Simmel also
offers us prophetic insights into the consequences of the modern money economy and the
division of labour, in particular the processes of alienation and reification in work and
urban life.
An immense and profound piece of work it
demands to be read today and for years to come as a stunning account of the meaning, use
and culture of money.
Georg Simmel (1858-1918) was born
in Berlin, the youngest of seven children. He studied philosophy and history at the
University of Berlin and was one of the first generation of great German sociologists that
included Max Weber.
Table of Contents
Ch. 1 Value and money 59
Ch. 2 The value of money as a substance 131
Ch. 3 Money in the sequence of purposes 204
Ch. 4 Individual freedom 283
Ch. 5 The money equivalent of personal values
355
Ch. 6 The style of life 429
Afterword : the constitution of the text 513
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