The art of the city : Rome, Florence, Venice / Georg Simmel ; edited, translated and with an introduction by Will Stone.

Main entry:

Simmel, Georg, 1858-1918, author.

Title & Author:

The art of the city : Rome, Florence, Venice / Georg Simmel ; edited, translated and with an introduction by Will Stone.

Publication:

London : Pushkin Press, [2018]
©2018

Description:

89 pages ; 17 cm

Notes:
Rome -- Florence -- Venice -- The metropolis and the life of the spirit.

Summary:

Georg Simmel was a brilliant, groundbreaking thinker, whose wide-ranging lectures held audiences spellbound in turn-of-the-century Berlin and throughout Europe. The theories of this maverick 'wandering-priest' left their mark on a whole generation of philosophers, poets and sociologists including Benjamin, Heidegger and Rilke. The quartet of essays contained in this book includes dazzling portraits of Italy's iconic cities of art and history, Rome, Florence and Venice, as well as Simmel's hugely influential 'The Metropolis and the Life of the Spirit', one of the most important analyses of urban life and the alienation of the individual ever written. -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1782274480 (paperback ; alk. paper)
9781782274483 (paperback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Cities and towns Philosophy.
Sociology, Urban.
Villes Philosophie.
Sociologie urbaine.
urban sociology.
Rome (Italy) Description and travel Philosophy.
Florence (Italy) Description and travel Philosophy.
Venice (Italy) Description and travel Philosophy.
Rome (Italie) Descriptions et voyages Philosophie.
Florence (Italie) Descriptions et voyages Philosophie.
Venise (Italie) Descriptions et voyages Philosophie.
Italy Rome

Added entries:

Stone, William, 1966- editor, translator, writer of introduction.
Simmel, Georg, 1858-1918. Grossstädte und das Geistesleben. English.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 305393
Call No.: BIB 251217
Status: Available

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