Abstract
Below is a comprehensive list of Simmel’s writings currently available in English translation. They are listed in chronological order according to the date of publication or composition in Simmel’s lifetime, using the best available information provided by the editors of the Georg Simmel Gesamtausgabe. Where different versions or editions were published in Simmel’s lifetime, the latest one is used as the primary reference, such as the 1903 version of ‘The Sociology of Space’ which was later revised, expanded, and combined with the excurses on ‘the stranger’, ‘the social boundary’, and ‘the sociology of the senses’ in 1908 as Chapter 9 of Sociology. Where no English edition of a complete work exists, my translation of the German title appears in square brackets, such as the collection of essays in Philosophical Culture of 1911. Publication dates for earlier versions and alternative translations are indicated here as well. It is worth noting that of the 24 volumes of the Georg Simmel Gesamtausgabe, only (or most of) volumes 6, 10, 11, 14, 15 and 16 have appeared in English, leaving a large proportion of Simmel’s writings as yet untranslated. A volume of Simmel’s essays on art and aesthetics is being prepared by Austin Harrington.
The list indicates translations available in issues of Theory, Culture & Society, using the abbreviation TCS (both print and on-line editions), the American Journal of Sociology using the abbreviation AJS (also print and on-line), and from the following English editions which contain selections from Simmel’s shorter writings:
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1.Etzkorn, K. Peter (ed.) (1968) The Conflict in Modern Culture and Other Essays . New York: Teachers College Press .
2.Frisby, David and Mike Featherstone (eds) (1997) Simmel on Culture . London: SAGE .
3.Helle, Horst Jürgen (ed.) (1997) Georg Simmel: Essays on Religion . New Haven, CT: Yale University Press .
4.Levine, Donald N. (ed.) (1971) Georg Simmel on Individuality and Social Forms . Chicago: University of Chicago Press .
5.Oakes, Guy (ed.) (1980) Georg Simmel: Essays on Interpretation in Social Science . Manchester: Manchester University Press .
6.Oakes, Guy (ed.) (1984) Georg Simmel: On Women, Sexuality, and Love . New Haven, CT: Yale University Press .
7.Wolff, Kurt H. (ed.) (1950) The Sociology of Georg Simmel . New York: The Free Press .
8.Wolff, Kurt H. (ed.) (1959) Georg Simmel, 1858–1919 . Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press .
9.The corresponding German sources of these translations from the 24 volumes of the Georg Simmel Gesamtausgabe are indicated using the abbreviation GSG .
10.GSG 1: Das Wesen der Materie nach Kants Physiche Monodologie . Abhandlungen 1882–1884. Rezensionen 1883–1901 [The Nature of Matter according to Kant’s Physical Monadology. Articles 1882–1994. Reviews 1883–1901]
11.GSG 2: Aufsätze 1887–1890. Über sociale Differenzierung 1890. Die Probleme der Geschichtsphilosophie 1892 [Articles 1887–1890. On Social Differentiation 1890. Problems in the Philosophy of History 1892]
12.GSG 3: Einleitung in die Moralwissenschaft. Erster Band [Introduction to the Science of Morality. First Volume]
13.GSG 4: Einleitung in die Moralwissenschaft. Zweiter Band [Introduction to the Science of Morality. Second Volume]
14.GSG 5: Aufsätze und Abhandlungen 1894–1900 [Articles and Essays 1894–1900]
15.GSG 6: Philosophie des Geldes 1900/1907 [Philosophy of Money 1900/1907]
16.GSG 7: Aufsätze und Abhandlungen 1901–1908 I [Articles and Essays 1901–1908 I]
17.GSG 8: Aufsätze und Abhandlungen 1901–1908 II [Articles and Essays 1901–1908 II]
18.GSG 9: Kant. Die Probleme der Geschichtsphilosophie [Kant. Problems in the Philosophy of History]
19.GSG 10: Philosophie der Mode 1905. Die Religion 1906/1912. Kant und Goethe 1906/1916. Schopenhauer und Nietzsche 1907 [Philosophy of Fashion 1905. Religion 1906/1912. Kant and Goethe 1906/1916. Schopenhauer and Nietzsche 1907]
20.GSG 11: Soziologie. Untersuchungen über die Formen der Vergesellschaftung 1908 [Sociology: Studies in the Forms of Sociation 1908]
21.GSG 12: Aufsätze und Abhandlungen 1909–1918 I [Articles and Essays 1909–1918 I]
22.GSG 13: Aufsätze und Abhandlungen 1909–1918 II [Articles and Essays 1919–1918 II]
23.GSG 14: Hauptprobleme der Philosophie. Philosophische Kultur [Key Problems of Philosophy. Philosophical Culture]
24.GSG 15: Goethe. Deutschlands innere Wandlung. Das Problem der historischen Zeit. Rembrandt [Goethe. Germany’s Inner Transformation. The Problem of Historical Time. Rembrandt]
25.GSG 16: Der Krieg und die geistigen Entscheidungen. Grundfragen der Soziologie. Vom Wesen des historischen Verstehens. Der Konflikt der mondernen Kultur. Lebensanschauung [The War and Spiritual Decisions. Basic Problems of Sociology. On the Nature of Historical Understanding. View of Life]
26.GSG 17: Miszellen, Glossen, Stellungsnahmen, Umfrageantworten, Leserbriefe, Diskussionsbeiträge 1889–1918. Anonyme und pseudonyme Veröffentlichungen 1888–1920 [Miscellany, Marginalia, Statements, Survey Responses, Readers’ Letters, Contributions to Scholarly Discussions 1889–1918. Anonymous and Pseudonymous Publications 1888–1920]
27.GSG 18: Englischsprachige Publikationen [Publications in English]
28.GSG 19: Französich- und italienischsprachige Veröffentlichungen. Mélanges de philosophie relativiste [Publications in French and Italian. Collected Writings on Relativist Philosophy]
29.GSG 20: Postume Veröffentlichungen. Ungedrucktes. Schulpädagogik [Posthumous Publications. Unpublished Writings. School Pedagogy]
30.GSG 21: Kolleghefte und Mitschriften [Lecture Notes and Related Writings]
31.GSG 22: Briefe 1880–1911 [Letters 1880–1911]
32.GSG 23: Briefe 1912–1918 [Letters 1912–1918]
33.GSG 24: Indices, Gesamtbibliographie, Biographie, Dokumente, Nachträge [Indexes. Comprehensive Bibliography, Documents, Addenda]
34.1882. ‘Psychological and Ethnological Studies on Music’ (K. Peter Ezkorn trans., in Etzkorn 1968; GSG 1) .
35.1889. ‘On the Psychology of Money’ (trans. Mark Ritter and David Frisby, in Frisby and Featherstone 1997; GSG 2) .
36.1891/1892. ‘Some Remarks on Prostitution in the Present and the Future’ (trans. Mark Ritter and David Frisby, in Frisby and Featherstone 1997; GSG 17) .
37.1892. ‘A Few Words on Spiritualism’ (trans. Mark Ritter and David Frisby, in Frisby and Featherstone 1997; GSG 17) .
38.1893. ‘Infelices Possidentes! (Unhappy Dwellers)’ (trans. Mark Ritter and David Frisby, in Frisby and Featherstone 1997; GSG 17) .
39.1895. ‘On the Sociology of the Family’ (trans. Mark Ritter and David Frisby, TCS 15(3–4) 1998; GSG 5) .
40.1896a. ‘Money in Modern Culture’ (trans. Mark Ritter and David Frisby, in Frisby and Featherstone 1997; TCS 8(3) 1991; GSG 5) .
41.1896b. ‘The Berlin Trade Exhibition’ (trans. Sam Whimster, in Frisby and Featherstone 1997; TCS 8(3) 1991; GSG 17) .
42.1896c. ‘The Women’s Congress and Social Democracy’ (trans. Mark Ritter and David Frisby, in Frisby and Featherstone 1997; GSG 17) .
43.1896d. ‘Sociological Aesthetics’ (trans. K. Peter Etzkorn, in Etzkorn 1968; GSG 5) .
44.1897. ‘Beyond Beauty’ (trans. Thomas M. Kemple and Austin Harrington, TCS 29(3–4) 2012; GSG 17) .
45.1898a. ‘Rome’ (trans. Ulrich Teucher and Thomas M. Kemple, TCS 24(7–8) 2007; GSG 5) .
46.1898a. ‘On the Sociology of Religion’ (trans. Mark Ritter and David Frisby, in Frisby and Featherstone 1997; trans. Horst H. Helle, in Helle 1997; GSG 5) .
47.1901a. ‘The Aesthetic Significance of the Face’ (trans. Lore Ferguson, in Wolff 1959; GSG 7) .
48.1901b. ‘Only a Bridge’ (trans. Thomas M. Kemple, TCS 29(3–4) 2012; GSG 17) .
49.1901–1902. ‘Snapshots sub specie aeternitatis ’ (trans. Thomas M. Kemple, TCS 29(3–4) 2012; GSG 17) .
50.1902a. ‘Contributions to the Epistemology of Religion’ (trans. Horst J. Helle, in Helle 1997; GSG 7) .
51.1902b. ‘The Picture Frame: An Aesthetic Study’ (trans. Mark Ritter, TCS 11(1) 1994; GSG 7) .
52.1902c. ‘Tendencies in German Life and Thought since 1870’ (trans. W.D. Briggs, in Georg Simmel: Critical Assessments, Vol. I , ed. David Frisby. London: Routledge, 1994; GSG 7; GSG 18) .
53.1903a. ‘The Metropolis and Mental Life’ (trans. Kurt Wolff, in Frisby and Featherstone 1997; Levine 1971; Wolff 1950; GSG 7) .
54.1903b. ‘On the Salvation of the Soul’ (trans. Horst J. Helle, in Helle 1997; GSG 7) .
55.1903c. ‘On Aesthetic Quantities’ (trans. K. Peter Etzkorn, in Etzkorn 1968; GSG 7) .
56.1904a. ‘Religion and the Contradictions of Life’ (trans. Horst J. Helle, in Helle 1997; GSG 7) .
57.1904b. ‘On the History of Philosophy’ (trans. Guy Oakes, in Oakes 1980; GSG 8) .
58.1904c. ‘The Tale of the Color’ (trans. Aaron Schuster, in Cabinet Magazine 36, 2009/2010; available at: http://cabinetmagazine.org/issues/36/simmel.php. GSG 20) .
59.1906a. ‘On the Third Dimension in Art’ (trans. K. Peter Etzkorn, in Etzkorn 1968; GSG 8) .
60.1906b. ‘Florence’ (trans. Ulrich Teucher and Thomas M. Kemple, TCS 24(7–8) 2007; GSG 8) .
61.1907a. ‘Venice’ (trans. Ulrich Teucher and Thomas M. Kemple, TCS 24(7–8) 2007; GSG 8) .
62.1907b. ‘Christianity and Art’ (trans. Horst J. Helle, in Helle 1997; GSG 8) .
63.1907c. The Philosophy of Money (Orig. pub. 1900, trans. Tom Bottomore and David Frisby. London: Routledge, 1990; GSG 6): Analytical Part (‘Exchange’, trans. Donald N. Levine, in Levine 1971; ‘TheMiser and the Spendthrift’, trans. Roberta Ash, in Levine 1971) Synthetic Part (‘Prostitution’, trans. Roberta Ash, in Levine 1971) .
64.1907d. The Problems of the Philosophy of History: An Epistemological Essay (Orig. pub. 1892/1905, trans. Guy Oakes. New York: The Free Press 1977; ‘How Is History Possible?’, trans. Donald N. Levine, in Levine 1971; GSG 10) .
65.1907e. Schopenhauer and Nietzsche (trans. Helmut Loiskandl, Deena Weinstein, and Mark Weinstein. Urbana and Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1991; GSG 10) .
66.1908a. ‘On the Essence of Culture’ (trans. D.E. Jenkinson, in Frisby and Featherstone 1997; ‘The Meaning of Culture’, trans. K. Peter Etzkorn, in Etzkorn 1968; ‘Subjective Culture’, trans. Roberta Ash, in Levine 1971; GSG 8) .
67.1908b. ‘The Problem of Style’ (trans. Mark Ritter, TCS 8(3) 1991; Frisby and Featherstone 1997; GSG 8) .
68.
69.1909a. ‘Bridge and Door’ (trans. Mark Ritter, in Frisby and Featherstone 1997; TCS 11(1) 1991; GSG 12) .
70.1909b. ‘The Future of Our Culture’ (trans. Mark Ritter and David Frisby, in Frisby and Featherstone 1997; GSG 12) .
71.1909c. ‘Fundamental Religious Ideas and Modern Science: An Inquiry’ (trans. Horst J. Helle, in Helle 1997; GSG 12) .
72.1910a. ‘Sociology of the Meal’ (trans. Mark Ritter and David Frisby, in Frisby and Featherstone 1997; GSG 12) .
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74.
75.1912a. ‘Religion’ (Orig. pub. 1906. Trans. Horst J. Helle, in Helle 1997; GSG 10) .
76.1912b. ‘The Dramatic Actor and Reality’ (trans. K. Peter Etzkorn, in Etzkorn 1968; GSG 12) .
77.1913. ‘The Philosophy of Landscape’ (trans. Josef Bleicher, TCS 24(7–8) 2007; GSG 12) .
78.1914a. ‘Goethe and Youth’ (trans. Ulrich Teucher and Thomas M. Kemple, TCS 24(7–8) 2007; GSG 12) .
79.1914b. ‘Rembrandt’s Religious Art’ (trans. Horst J. Helle, in Helle 1997; GSG 12) .
80.1915a. ‘“Become What You Are”’ (trans. Ulrich Teucher and Thomas M. Kemple, TCS 24(7–8) 2007; GSG 13) .
81.1915b. ‘Europe and America in World History’ (trans. Austin Harrington, European Journal of Social Theory 8(1) 2005; GSG 13) .
82.1916a. ‘The Problem of Historical Time’ (trans. Guy Oakes, in Oakes 1980; GSG 13) .
83.1916b. ‘Kant and Goethe: On the History of the Modern Weltanschauung ’ (Orig. pub. 1906, trans. Josef Bleicher, TCS 24(6) 2010; GSG 10) .
84.1916c. Rembrandt: An Essay on the Philosophy of Art (eds., trans. Alan Scott, Helmut Staubmann. New York and London: Routledge, 2005; GSG 15) .
85.1916d. ‘The Change in Cultural Forms’ (trans. Mark Ritter and David Frisby, in Frisby and Featherstone 1997; GSG 13) .
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87.
88.1897–1918. ‘Journal Aphorisms’ (trans. A.Y. Andrews and Donald N. Levine, in The View of Life: Four Metaphysical Chapters with Journal Aphorisms . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010; trans. Wendelin Reich and Richard Swedberg, TCS 27(1) 2010; GSG 16; GSG 17; GSG 20) .
89.1917–1918. ‘The Constitutive Concepts of History’ (trans. Guy Oakes, in Oakes 1980; GSG 18) .
90.1918a. ‘On Love (a Fragment)’ (trans. Guy Oakes, in Oakes 1984; ‘Eros, Platonic and Modern’, trans. Donald N. Levine, in Levine 1971; GSG 20) .
91.1918b. ‘The Conflict in Modern Culture’ (trans. K. Peter Etzkorn, in Etzkorn 1968; Levine 1971; trans. Horst J. Helle, in Helle 1997; GSG 16) .
92.1918c. ‘Germanic and Classical Style’ (trans. Austin Harrington, TCS 24(7–8) 2007; GSG 13) .
93.1918d. ‘On the Nature of Historical Understanding’ (trans. Guy Oakes, in Oakes 1980; GSG 16) .
94.