Exercise 1 Go to condor.depaul.edu/~dweinste/intro/stranger.htm. Read Simmel's essay on "The Stranger" and then answer the following questions: a. What determines the stranger's relations with the group? b. In what way were the European Jews examples of strangers? c. How does strangeness enter close or intimate relationships?
Exercise 2 Go to condor.depaul.edu/~dweinste/theory/M&ML.htm. Read "The Metropolis and Mental Life" and then answer the following questions: a. What are the psychological characteristics of individuals living in the metropolis? b. How are these characteristics related to the living conditions within the metropolis? c. What kind of impact does the metropolis have on personal freedom? d. What do you think Simmel would say upon visiting Chinatown, Little Italy, or another ethnic enclave in the city? Do his observations apply to these neighborhoods?
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