Open AccessPengene og livet. Udvekslinger i og mellem Goethes "Wilhelm Meister" og Simmels pengefilosofi
Author(s) -
Birgit Eriksson
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
passage
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1904-7797
pISSN - 0901-8883
DOI - 10.7146/pas.v29i71.24521
Subject(s) - philosophy , modernity , theme (computing) , meaning (existential) , philosophy of life , meaning of life , sociology , epistemology , operating system , computer science
Birgit Eriksson: “Money and Life. Exchanges in and between Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister and Simmel’s philosophy of money”The article studies the meaning of money in Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship Years (1795-96) and Georg Simmel’s Philosophy of Money (1807). It examines how Simmel’s philosophical and sociological work can contribute to a new understanding of the theme of money in Goethe’s novel, especially regarding the relationship between money, modernity and life. It further argues for some strong affinities between Simmel’s philosophy of money and Goethe’s Bildungsroman.