Nota introduttiva (saggi di Francesco Mora su Simmel)

Georg Simmel was undoubtedly the author to whom Francesco Mora, throughout his scholarly career, most frequently directed his critical attention. The four essays selected for this volume also testify to the continuity of his work on Simmel, from his debut essay in 1985 to the contributions devoted, more than thirty years later, to "The Meaning of Life and Conflict" (2018) and the expression "Forms of Life" (2018). The Venetian philosopher's hermeneutic objective, which will also be central to the two monographs, and, in particular, to the one on the "Principle of Reciprocity": to trace the apparently eclectic and panoramic nature of Simmelian work back to the common thread of a unitary interpretation.