Questions about the nature of money have gained a new urgency in the aftermath of the
global financial crisis. Even as many people have less of it, there are more forms and …

This paper challenges the notion that Bitcoin is 'trust-free'money by highlighting the social
practices, organizational structures and utopian ambitions that sustain it. At the paper's heart …

We present a qualitative study of hospitality exchange processes that take place via the
online peer-to-peer platform Airbnb. We explore 1) what motivates individuals to monetize …

Recent decades have seen Georg Simmel's canonical status in American sociology solidify
and his impact on research expand. A broad understanding of his influence, however …

More-than-Human Sociology is a call for a bolder, more creative sociology. Olli Pyyhtinen
argues that to make sociology responsive to life in the 21st century we need a new …

In this work of qualitative sociology, Anna Strhan offers an in-depth study of the everyday
lives of members of a conservative evangelical Anglican church in London." St John's" is a …

Bringing social theory and philosophy to bear on popular movies, novels, myths, and fairy
tales, The Gift and its Paradoxes explores the ambiguity of the gift: it is at once both a …

The scholarly exploration of “volunteering” has mainly focused on identifying its antecedents
or consequences, in order to facilitate the management and promotion of volunteering. In …

Este artículo plantea cómo la perspectiva relacional de la sociología de Georg Simmel
permite el análisis del cuerpo y de las relaciones sociales que lo constituyen, así como los …

The complete collected works of Georg Simmel are now available. Yet, the standing of
Simmel's sociological theory is still a subject of controversy. Is Simmel only a brilliant …