Thomas Kemple is professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.Olli Pyyhtinen is professor of sociology at the University of Tampere, Finland

“Earlier scholars frequently misunderstood Simmel’s writings and this misunderstanding is revealed by their claims that his work is both overly formalistic and lacks systematic thinking. This book rectifies many of these types of mistakes and the authors argue that Simmel’s writings clearly deserve to be taken far more seriously than they have been in the past.” —Christopher Adair-Toteff, University of South Florida, Theological Studies, 2018, Vol. 79(1) 224–236