Hypothetically, introducing friends from different social circles shouldn’t be that hard. Two people you like—and who like you—probably have some things in common. If they like each other, you’ll have ...

The German philosopher and sociologist Georg Simmel believed that a society with separate but overlapping circles allows ...

Belonging to a distinguished European tradition of critical sociology best exemplified by the work of Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin, The Railway Journey is anchored in rich empirical data and full ...

George Frederick Homes, an active correspondent with Comte ... Weber and Pareto held chairs in economics and Simmel was, late in his career, a professor of philosophy. Durkheim was apparently the ...