Featherstone, Mike. 2011. Societal Value Formation and the Value of Life. Current Sociology, 59(2), pp. 119-134. ISSN 0011-3921 [Article]

No full text available

Abstract or Description

This article explores the formation of values on individual, cultural, societal, civilizational and epochal levels and discusses the carriers of values, symbolic hierarchies and future prospects. It demonstrates the continued conceptual and time-diagnostic usefulness of Georg Simmel’s sociological approach to values and argues that his Lebensphilosophie (‘philosophy of life’) offers a platform for dealing with modernity’s contingencies and ambiguities by treating life as such as the ultimate but indeterminate value that must be worked out by individuals. Values are needed as a preliminary means of orientation, even if these need not be considered to be of lasting duration.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392110391129
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Sociology
Dates:	Date Event March 2011 Published
Item ID:	9043
Date Deposited:	10 Oct 2013 09:02
Last Modified:	27 Jun 2017 11:11
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/9043

Edit Record (login required)