This entry examines the academic career of Neo-Kantian sociologist and philosopher of culture Georg Simmel. His theoretical, sociological, and philosophical works are examined as they relate to economics, economic theory, political economy, history of economic thought and economic history, law, legal theory and philosophy, and the sociology of law. Other aspects of Simmel’s work are also examined, such as the development of his philosophy of culture, sociology of culture, cultural theory, social theory, sociology and philosophy of art, philosophy of history, and philosophy and sociology of music. The legacy of Simmel is then examined, including the leading sociologists, economists, historians, cultural and social theorists, and philosophers and sociologists of art and music that he influenced. The conclusion reached is that Simmel was a multidisciplinary thinker who had significant influence on several academic fields and discourses in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, or human sciences, cultural sciences, and social sciences in Germany, Continental Europe, England, the United States, and elsewhere.