Simmel's Handle
A Historical and Theoretical Design Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12922658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Siegfried Grönert (Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-71 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Design and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1754-7075 • E-ISSN: 1754-7083 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2752/175470812x13176523285156 |
| OpenAlex | W2022482994 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This analysis of the article "Der Henkel. Ein ästhetischer Versuch" (The Handle: An Aesthetic Study) by Georg Simmel is intended to be a contribution to the history of the meaning of things. Later critiques by Ernst Bloch and Theodor W. Adorno have shifted how we understand Simmel. Integrating Simmel's text within a chronological progression of relationships creates a particular history, the events of which can be commented on reflexively. As industrial design has become an integral component in today's culture, Simmel's position on the role of the applied arts within a modern society is now particularly significant. Our understanding of his cultural philosophy has been shaped by early modernism and postmodernism. But Simmel's "Henkel" can also act as an iridescent symbol reflecting the meaning of things in relation to their interpretations. This article should indicate that the handle's aesthetic as well as symbolic dimensions can still elucidate the society of its time
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Modernism (music · Postmodernism · Psychoanalysis · Relation (database · Sociology · Symbol (formal · The arts · The Symbolic · Visual arts · Computer Science · Philosophy · Psychology · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |