The Sociology of the Sociology of Money: Simmel and the Contemporary Battle of the Classics

Journal of Classical Sociology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-96

  Deflem, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Durkheim; Marx; modernity; money; Simmel; sociological theory; Weber

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144309763     PISSN: 1468795X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468795X03003001695     Document Type: Article

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