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

ジンメルとベンヤミンにおける都市と近代性
Mele, Vincenzo, City and Modernity in Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin: Fragments of Metropolis. (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms) 402 pp. 2023:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <691-67>
ISBN 978-3-031-18183-2 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99 *

This book reconstructs and compares the social theories of modernity of Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin, two classic thinkers in German social thought. The author focuses on five main topics: the historical-sociological method through which they investigate modernity; how are the concepts of history and society possible; the consequences of modern metropolis on the construction of individual subjectivity; the aestheticization of everyday life caused by the expansion of commodity culture; and the female culture as a counter-power to the domination of masculine objective culture. In the decades since Simmel and Benjamin, urban reality has undergone profound changes and we may even question the very existence of the subject of analysis: what is the city, the metropolis in today's context of globalization and capital flows? Simmel's and Benjamin's metropolis has thus become an "endless city," beyond the physical and geographical confines of urban reality.

F.テンニース再入門
Adair-Toteff, Christopher, Reintroducing Ferdinand Toennies. (Reintroducing...) 160 pp. 2023:4 (Routledge, UK) <691-894>
ISBN 978-0-367-46811-8 hard ¥36,025.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-46814-9 paper ¥10,371.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

Exploring, clarifying, and moving beyond the distinction between 'community' and 'society' for which he is best known, this book rediscovers the work of Ferdinand Toennies, providing fresh insights into his thought, which are often overlooked for want of a grasp of his background in philosophy. With attention to the fact that Toennies always wrote from a sociological perspective, it considers the importance of the breadth of his writing on a range of subjects, including politics, philosophy, economics, and ethics, these being the foundations of social policy - a field with which Toennies was concerned as a scholar who sought not only to understand the world but also to change it for the better. The first book to provide an accessible overview of Toennies' work that places his thought in context, explores his key concepts, and demonstrates his continuing relevance in sociology - a discipline he helped to establish - Reintroducing Ferdinand Toennies will appeal to scholars and students with interests in social theory, the history of sociology, and the sociology of Ferdinand Toennies.