SOCIOLOGIST

Georg Simmel

1858 - 1918

Photo of Georg Simmel

Icon of person Georg Simmel

Georg Simmel (; German: [ˈzɪml̩]; 1 March 1858 – 26 September 1918) was a German sociologist, philosopher, and critic. Simmel was influential in the field of sociology. Simmel was one of the first generation of German sociologists: his neo-Kantian approach laid the foundations for sociological antipositivism, asking "what is society?"—directly alluding to Kant's "what is nature?"—presenting pioneering analyses of social individuality and fragmentation. Simmel discussed social and cultural phenomena in terms of "forms" and "contents" with a transient relationship, wherein form becomes content, and vice versa dependent on context. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Simmel is the 7th most popular sociologist (down from 6th in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Germany (down from 169th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Sociologist.

Georg Simmel is most famous for his contributions to the sociology of culture.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Georg Simmel by language

Loading...

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Georg Simmel ranks 7 out of 79. Before him are Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, Pierre Bourdieu, Theodor W. Adorno, Anthony Giddens, and Robert K. Merton. After him are Erving Goffman, Talcott Parsons, Marcel Mauss, Norbert Elias, Ulrich Beck, and Karl Mannheim.

Most Popular Sociologists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Georg Simmel ranks 9. Before him are Émile Durkheim, Selma Lagerlöf, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Theodore Roosevelt, Rudolf Diesel, and Gustaf V of Sweden. After him are Christiaan Eijkman, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Omar Mukhtar, Giuseppe Peano, Emmeline Pankhurst, and Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. Among people deceased in 1918, Georg Simmel ranks 17. Before him are Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Georg Cantor, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Manfred von Richthofen, and Frederick Trump. After him are Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, Roland Garros, Louis Renault, Otto Wagner, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, and Georgi Plekhanov.

Others Born in 1858

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1918

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Simmel ranks 225 out of 7,253. Before him are Baron d'Holbach (1723), Georg Bednorz (1950), Michel Ney (1769), Walter Ulbricht (1893), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), and Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887). After him are Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567), Otto von Guericke (1602), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Karl Liebknecht (1871), Adolf Butenandt (1903), and Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among sociologists born in Germany, Georg Simmel ranks 3. Before him are Max Weber (1864), and Theodor W. Adorno (1903). After him are Niklas Luhmann (1927), Robert Michels (1876), Juan José Linz (1926), Andre Gunder Frank (1929), Amitai Etzioni (1929), Lewis A. Coser (1913), Claus Offe (1940), and Louis Wirth (1897).

German born Sociologists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous