Abstract

MARTINELLI, Mónica. The Idea and the Experience of Freedom: Some Considerations about the Thinking of Georg Simmel. Sociológica (Méx.) [online]. 2012, vol.27, n.76, pp.89-114. ISSN 2007-8358.

This article analyzes the Simmel's thinking about freedom, a crucial topic for understanding a historical period. Simmel identifies a break between the philosophical reflection and the approach of the social sciences to freedom and proposes some alternative routes for overcoming the limitations that closed off freedom within an a-historical conceptual paradigm. Using a three-pronged, anthropological, ethical, and cognitive approach, the author offers important contributions for redefining the concept of self; considering freedom an experience preceeded by responsibility; and for leading freedom beyond a mechanical view of life.

Keywords : freedom; individual; responsibility; relationship; knowledge; life.

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