Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Caetano, Pedro / Mendes, Maria Manuela (eds.), Simmel and Beyond: The Contemporary Relevance of Simmel's Thought. (Classical and Contemporary Social Theory) 264 pp. 2022 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <666-2370>
ISBN 978-1-03-200091-6 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-202155-3 paper ¥11,392.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

Bringing together the work of scholars from across Europe, this book shows how Simmel's categories can be used to explore contemporary issues and further shed light on trends characteristic of global modernity. Thematically organised around the major societal challenges currently faced by developed countries - those of making societies that are inclusive, reflexive and creative, sustainable, and democratic societies - it examines diverse phenomena, such as living in an increasingly multicultural societies, the social exclusion of vulnerable ethnic groups, the increasing concern with cyberbullying, the need to fight climate change, the rise of political populism, and the recruitment of youths from western countries to Islamic religious fundamentalism. Drawing on Simmel's sociological theory and expounding new approaches to research inspired by his work, this volume emphasises the conceptual pillars of Simmelian thought, meanings, processes, and forms. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and social theory with interests in the work of Simmel and its contemporary relevance.

Treiber, Hubert, Max Weber unter Anhaengern des Altphilologen Hermann Usener: Religionswissenschaft auf philologischer Basis im Heidelberger Gelehrtenkraenzchen "Eranos" 1904-1909. (Kultur- und sozialwissenschaftliche Studien / Studies in Cultural and Social Sciences 20) VIII, 260 S. 2021:2 (O. Harrassowitz, GW) <666-2371>
ISBN 978-3-447-11571-1 paper ¥13,653.- (税込) EUR 58.00 *

Hubert Treibers Monographie befasst sich mit dem Heidelberger religionswissenschaftlichen Gelehrtenkraenzchen ?Eranos“, dem Gelehrte verschiedener Disziplinen angehoerten, um Vortraege zu Fragen der Religion(en) zu halten und zu diskutieren. Mitglieder waren u.a. die Theologen A. Deissmann und E. Troeltsch, der Altphilologe und Schwiegersohn H. Useners, A. Dieterich, der Kulturwissenschaftler E. Gothein, der Jurist G. Jellinek, der Philosoph W. Windelband und der Kulturwissenschaftler Max Weber, der in diesem Kreis ueber den 2. Teil der Protestantischen Ethik referierte. Die Eranos-Mitglieder werden portraitiert, es wird auf kollegiale respektive freundschaftliche Beziehungen untereinander eingegangen, einige Vortraege werden ausfuehrlich dargestellt wie diskutiert und auch dahingehend befragt, inwieweit sie Einfluss auf Webers religionssoziologische Schriften ausuebten. Ein gesondertes Kapitel befasst sich mit der Frage nach ?Takt“ in der wissenschaftlichen Taetigkeit, ein zentraler Streitpunkt zwischen Hermann Usener und Max Weber. Ein vollstaendiger Abdruck des Eranos-Protokollbuchs inklusive Transkription sowie mehrere Uebersichten zur Usener-Schule wie z.B. Lehrstuhlbesetzungen durch Usener-Schueler vervollstaendigen die Darstellung des ?Eranos“.

Withun, David, Co-workers in the Kingdom of Culture: Classics and Cosmopolitanism in the Thought of W. E. B. Du Bois. 256 pp. 2022:4 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <666-2372>
ISBN 978-0-19-757958-9 hard ¥20,913.- (税込) US$ 97.00 *

W. E. B. Du Bois was one of the great African American intellectuals of the early twentieth century. He was a prominent civil rights leader, sociologist, historian, educator, author of several works of fiction, and one of the founding figures of Pan-Africanism. Du Bois's works are filled with allusions to the classical mythology, philosophy, and history that permeated his education. In the first book-length discussion of the topic, David Withun examines the influence of classical authors on Du Bois's thoughts about education, the arts, government, and society. The influence of classical philosophy, particularly that of Plato and Cicero, is apparent in some of Du Bois's most distinctive ideas, such as the concept of the Talented Tenth, his opposition to Booker T. Washington's industrial education, and in his support of propaganda through art. Withun also explores Du Bois's critique of the classical tradition in his responses to modern racism and colonialism. While Du Bois adopted a number of ideas from the classical tradition, he also used them to critique what he saw as a tradition gone awry. Alongside Du Bois's critique of the classical tradition, he also exhibited an increasing interest in the history--ancient and modern--of Africa and Asia. In his attempts to combat modern prejudice, Du Bois appealed to the long traditions of thought of peoples outside of Europe, in several instances pioneering the research of non-European history. Withun argues that Du Bois's absorption of the classical tradition and simultaneous appreciation of the history of Africa and Asia culminated in a modern cosmopolitanism, one that calls for a more inclusive appreciation of global culture.