Sociological Beginnings - The First Conference of the German Society for Sociology

Preface ix A Note on Translation xii Chronology xiv Short Biographies of the Main Participants xvi Introduction 1(44) Georg Simmel -- Sociology of Society 45(12) Ferdinand Tonnies -- Ways and Goals of Sociology 57(17) Max Weber -- Business Report followed by The Comparative Sociology of Newspapers and Associations 74(20) Werner Sombart -- Technology and Culture 94(16) Ernst Troeltsch -- Stoic-Christian Natural Law and Modern Profane Natural Law 110(22) Select Bibliography 132(8) Index 140