Money and the Modern Mind: Georg Simmel's Philosophy of Money - Hardcoverby Gianfranco Poggi (Author) A major representative of the German sociological tradition, Georg Simmel (1858 1918) has influenced social thinkers ranging from the Chicago School to Walter Benjamin. His magnum opus, The Philosophy of Money, published in 1900, is nevertheless a difficult book that has daunted many would be readers. Gianfranco Poggi makes this important work accessible to a broader range of scholars and students, offering a compact and