The questions of Laurid!Brigge and Georg!Simmel's 'Malte'

The "great questions" of Rilke's Malte, a manifesto originating from Rilke's own writer's block, are deciphered by relating them to Georg Simmel's philosophy of culture. Simmel's Philosophie des Geldes, but also his Soziologie prove to serve as a source of inspiration for the Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge. Set against this background, they gain their antithetical and critical force.