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Georg Simmel
Sociological Theory

Chapter 5 Chapter Outline


  1. Primary Concerns
    1. Biographical Sketch
    2. Levels and Areas of Concern
    3. Dialectical Thinking
    4. Fashion
    5. Individual Culture and Objective Culture
    6. More-Life and More-Than-Life
  2. Individual Consciousness
  3. Social Interaction ("Association")
    1. Interaction: Forms and Types
    2. Social Geometry
      1. Numbers
        1. dyad and triad
        2. group size
      2. Distance
    3. Social Types
      1. The Poor
    4. Social Forms
      1. Superordinate and Subordinate
      2. Social Forms and Simmel's Larger Problematic
  4. Social Structures
  5. Objective Culture
  6. The Philosophy of Money
    1. Money and Value
    2. Money, Reification, and Rationalization
    3. Negative Effects
  7. Tragedy of Culture
    1. The Tragedy of Culture in Its Broader Context
  8. Secrecy: A Case Study in Simmel's Sociology
    1. Secrecy and Social Relationships
    2. Other Thoughts on Secrecy
  9. Criticisms
  10. Summary




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