Simmel Flashcards
Ongoing process of interaction
Sociation
Sociation involves…
motives
Forms of interaction
2 social forms
Forms of groups
Forms of association/interaction
Group affiliations
Affiliation by external coexistence
Affiliation by organic similarities
Affiliation along rational lines
Proceeding or taking place within the subject; source is in mind
Subjective
Object of perception or thought; source is independent of mind
Objective
Characteristics of stranger as a social form
Mobility within group, objectivity, receives confidences, freedom (danger of scapegoating)
Characteristics of money in modern life
Increases individual freedom and self-expression
Decreases emotional attachment to objects
Culture of calculations
Amoral
Increases homogeneity
Generates trust in state
Metropolis and mental life characteristics
Blase attitude
Subjectivity
Mental reserve
More intellectual than emotional
Individuality