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Every sociology rests on representations that are not explicitly thematised, and are in concordance with an atmosphere and cultural formations. These representations correspond to what Panofsky called a mental habit. which is transferable from one field of activity or thought to another. The essay shows how both the themes of individuality and of Bildung play back on G. Simmel's conception and place of the "social" and, consequently, on his sociological view.
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Biographical notes
Patrick Watier is Full Professor of Sociology at the University of Strasbourg. He was Director of the “Cultures et Sociétés Cnrs, University of Strasbourg” laboratory and contributed to the “Simmel Gesamtausgabe” (Frankfurt: Suhrkamp). Among his scientific publications: “Eloge de la confiance” (2008); “Georg Simmel Sociologue” (2003).
Matthieu Amat is first assistant in Modern and Contemporary Philosophy at the University of Lausanne. He has published many papers on the philosophy of culture and Simmel’s thought, notably “Religion, mystique et crise de la culture. Perspectives sur Georg Simmel”, Revue de l’histoire des religions, 2015 and “Kulturphilosophie als Kosmologie”, Zeitschrift für Kulturphilosophie, 2015. Dr. Amat has also contributed to the Georg Simmel Handbuch bei Suhrkamp (to be published in 2018) and is currently translating Simmel’s Schulpädagogik.
Emanuela Mora is Professor of Sociology of Communication at Catholic University of Milano and Coordinator of the PhD Program in Sociology, Organizations and Cultures. She is Director of the Centre ModaCult and co-editor of the International Journal of Fashion Studies. Recent publications: Fashion Tales. Feeding the Imaginary (coedited with Marco Pedroni) 2017; (with E. Bellotti), Networks of practices in critical consumption, Journal of Consumer Culture, 2016.
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