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    THEORIST: GEORG SIMMEL 1. Briefly summarize the theorist’s main assumptions/theories: • SOCIAL FORMS-The individual is born with certain ways of thinking and feeling and most interactions are motivated by individual needs and desires.Encounters with others are molded to social forms in order to facilitate exchanges. These forms constitute society for simmel • OBJECTIVE CULTURE-Culture becomes objective as its size diversity of components and complexity increase. It leads to anomie and the

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    Georg Simmels’‚ The Stranger‚ gives us an in depth view of who strangers are and how they affect the community they are apart of. It combines the seemingly contradictory qualities of nearness and farness and how they connect to the broader social communities. The behavior of a normal or "inside" group within a society is standard‚ thus causing every other behavior that is different to this norm to be negative. The stranger is valued for his or her objectivity‚ for being able to take a distanced

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    Georg Simmel‚ in his work “Domination and Freedom”‚ identifies domination as a form of interaction. He claims that both the superordinate and the subordinate parties interact intentionally. By this assumption‚ he concludes that domination never totally kills freedom unless there is a case of physical force executed on subjugated party. The aim of this work is to demonstrate that Simmel’s argument advocating that mentioned interaction is mutually determined is fallacious. Simmel definitely misses

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    Simmel‚ G. ([1908] 2012) The Stranger in Calhoun et al. Classical Sociological Theory‚ Wiley/Blackwell‚ pp. 361-365 ‘Objectivity does not simply involve passivity and detachment; it is a particular structure composed of distance and nearness‚ indifference and involvement.’ Simmel is referring to the implied objectivity of the stranger‚ due to their independence from the group. He uses the example of communities bringing in judges or mediators from outside to settle disputes. Simmel proposes

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    1. Introduction. While Simmel is generally not regarded as being as influential in sociology as were Marx‚ Weber‚ Durkheim‚ or even Parsons‚ several of the early United States sociologists studied with or were influenced by Simmel. This was especially true of those who developed the symbolic interaction approach including writers in the Chicago school‚ a tradition that dominated United States sociology in the early part of this century‚ before Parsons. Georg Simmel (1858-1918‚ Germany) was born

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    of Pennsylvania Starting on p. 96 Anderson discusses people’s conversations on cell phones by relating it to Georg Simmels’ concept of the “aura of the self.” Explain what Anderson is talking about. What kinds of things are people doing or accomplishing when they talk on their cell phones in public in the Gallery Mall? Although I am not one hundred percent certain‚ I believe that Georg Simmel’s meaning of “aura of self” is in relation to one’s own self-awareness in the environment that surrounds

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    SOCIAL THEORY: Goerg Simmel and money 2014 Sociology is defined as the study of humans in their natural habitat. In this current day and age world‚ these ‘natural habitats’ consist of a considerable amount of diversity‚ cultures and ethnic backgrounds‚ religion‚ gender‚ heritage and family history‚ jobs and incomes and many more. Many individuals are unaware that they may be observed by theorists or that they can be and are placed into certain categories such as cultural‚ wealth‚ and class‚ these

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    The Philosophies of Georg Hegel and Herbert Spencer The Philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Hegel (1770-1801) Metaphysics Georg Wilhelm Hegel aspired to find a philosophy that would embody all human experiences with the integration of not only science‚ but also religion‚ history‚ art‚ politics and beyond. Hegel’s metaphysical theory of absolute idealism claimed that reality was the absolute truth of all logic‚ spirit‚ and rational ideas encompassing all human experience and knowledge. He believed that

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    Georg Simmel and Erving Goffman were influential figures who analysed human experience from a micro-sociological perspective. They examined various social phenomena and derived theories (Davis‚1997:372) such as the ‘Blasé attitude’ (Simmel‚1903:14)‚ and the ‘Dramaturgical perspective’ (Goffman‚1969:153-154). Simmel and Goffman both agreed that the minute aspect of social life are crucial bonds in maintaining the functioning of a society as it impinges on personal experiences (Davis‚1997:376). Their

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    sociological thinker Georg Simmel‚ the rhetorical truth is that thoughts are indeed worth more when one is six feet under. Most accounts of Simmel focus solely on his piecemeal ideas‚ most of which could not be used in any sort of serious empirical research. Although many of his ideas may seem reflexively true to our emotionally charged subjective minds‚ it would be quite difficult to impose positivist research methods to many‚ if not most‚ of Simmel’s concepts. During his life‚ Simmel was regarded

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