About Simmel and the War: Written in the German Press

This article, produced by the researcher Ricardo Ferreira Freitas (UERJ), discuss about three Simmel texts written for the Berlin press, inspired by his anguish during the First World War: "The Idea of Europe", published on March 7th, 1915, in the Berliner Tageblatt; "Europe and America in World History", published on July 4th, 1915, at the Berliner Tageblatt; and "Bergson and the german cynicism", published on November 1st, 1914, at the Internationale Wochenschrift für Wissenschaft, Kunst und Technik. Simmel's texts for the press constitute important material for studies in communication, due to the freedom with the author expresses itself to the general public, without abandoning fundamental concepts of his sociology. One result of this research points the conflict as a fundamental component of communication processes, since dissent, disagreement and struggle imply the understanding of communication codes from both parts. Read the full article at the link below:

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