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Georg simmel the stranger summary georg simmels famous and influential essay the stranger introduces the sociological category of the stranger and his social function within groups. The stranger is connected to the broader social community by only the. This essay compares and contrasts simmel s concept of the stranger with baudelaires idea of the flaneur and applies both to contemporary context. The stranger is an essay in sociology by georg simmel, originally written as an excursus to a chapter dealing with sociology of space, in his book soziologie. Alan watts how to see through the game the secret to life happiness duration. For simmel, the stranger is a social role that combines the seemingly contradictory qualities of nearness and remoteness. Pdf georg simmel, the stranger and the sociology of. The stranger and social theory article pdf available in thesis eleven 621. Organization management journal emerald publishing. Simmels understanding of the stranger is perhaps the best example of this aspect of his thought but so is the tragedy of culture, explained below. The stranger is an essay in sociology by georg simmel. What is the stranger sociology of the stranger george. Simmel constructed a gallery of social types to complement his inventory of social forms.

If wandering is the liberation from every given point in space, and thus the conceptional. Because he is from somewhere else, the stranger instead occupies a specific position in the group but not of it. According to simmels argument the stranger is dissimilar from the wanderer which comes and goes but is rather just one who always has that potential since. The stranger georg simmel, translated by ramona mosse.

Page 1 of 3 the stranger, simmel the stranger georg simmel if wandering is the liberation from every given point in space, and thus the conceptional opposite to fixation at such a point, the sociological form of the stranger presents the unity, as it were, of these two characteristics. He was known for creating social theories that fostered an approach to the study of society that broke with the thenaccepted scientific methodology used to examine the natural world. If everyone is known then there is no person that is able to bring something new to everybody. The stranger is an essay in sociology by georg simmel, originally written as an excursus to a. This paper critically evaluates simmels stranger theory by giving an overview of the theorys concept. The sociological form of the stranger reveals simmel s 1950 love of the paradox by em. The simmelian stranger has been extensively studied and critiqued.

Pdf the simmelian stranger has been extensively studied and critiqued. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Historical knowledge the literature on simmels seminal essay on the stranger is vast and. Pdf excursus on the stranger in the context of simmels. A contemporary example of simmels social typology of the stranger is chinese born canadians, also known as cbcs. Here again, there is a duality in that a label of stranger, indicating both a closeness and a distance. A critique of the concept jstor it is apparent that simmel 1908 intends to use the term stranger in an unconven tional way. The stranger is but one of the many concepts which contemporary sociologists have received from the fertile mind of georg simmel. Georg simmel was an early german sociologist and structural theorist who focused on urban life and the form of the metropolis. This stranger is someone who has a particular place in society within the social group that the person has entered. If you read attentively in simmels observations about the modern quality of strangeness, then you may better comprehend the fear of refugees in europe. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The stranger, defined by georg simmel as an individual who is a member of a system but who is not strongly attached to the system, influenced 1 such important concepts as social distance, the marginal man, heterophily, and cosmopoliteness, 2 the value on objectivity in social science research, and 3 to a certain extent, the specialty field of.

Georg simmel the stranger summary georg simmel s famous and influential essay the stranger introduces the sociological category of the stranger and his social function within groups. Pdf excursus on the stranger by georg simmel is a popular classical sociological text, whereas the stranger as a social type is one of the. This phenomenon too, however, reveals that spatial relations are only the condition, on. Excursus on the stranger in the context of simmels socio. Essay stranger and flaneur free download as word doc. Levinas, simmel, and the ethical significance of money. It represents a distance because of the informational nature, or lack thereof, of the interaction between the two people.

Sociological approach of strangeness by georg simmel 2. This is the first of two video lectures on georg simmel, discussing his emphasis on social interaction and his concepts of social types and. Georg simmel to heinrich rickert 1904 in the philosophy of money, simmel provides us with a remarkably wideranging discussion of the social, psychological and this one is really my book, the others appear to me colourless and seem as if they could have been written by anyone else. Among the classical sociologists georg simmel is the major figure who can be said not only to have contributed to particular aspects of a new sociology and philosophy of culture, but to have selfconsciously developed an explicit, general theory of culture and modern life. Sociologist georg simmel published his magnum opus, the philosophy of money, in 1900 in germany. The stranger, defined by georg simmel as an individual who is a member of a system but who is not strongly attached to the system, influenced 1 such important concepts as social distance, the marginal man, heterophily, and cosmopoliteness, 2 the value on objectivity in social science research, and 3 to a certain extent, the specialty field of intercultural communication. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Georg simmels stranger theory essay sample instructions. The stranger, defined by georg simmel as an individual who is a member of a system but who is not strongly attached to the system, influenced 1 such important concepts as social distance, the marginal man, heterophily, and cosmopoliteness, 2 the value on objectivity in social science research, and 3 to a certain extent, the specialty field of intercultural. The social position of this stranger is determined by the fact that he or she does not belong to this group from the beginning. As simmel explains, the stranger encompasses a sense of nearness and remoteness within a community or group. When applied to jewish history in general and zionism in particular, this notion not only explains why zionism is unfeasible but also demystifies its emergence as an attempt to escape the status of stranger in europe. If wandering is the liberation from every given point in space, and thus the conceptional opposite to fixation at such a point, the sociological form of the stranger presents the unity, as it were, of these two characteristics. Cosers the functions of social conflict, one of the classics of american sociology.

According to simmel s argument the stranger is dissimilar from the wanderer which comes and goes but is rather just one who always has that potential since. He differentiates the stranger both from the outsider who has no specific relation to a group and from the wanderer who comes. The stranger has been described by simmel as a person who comes today and stays tomorrow. The sociological form of the stranger reveals simmels love of the paradox by emphasizing a mixture of opposites mclemore 86. Simmels coherency lies in the realist approach he adopts to reality as the domain of the contingently possible. Dale mclemore the university of texas at austin the stranger is but one of the many intriguing concepts which contemporary sociologists have received from the fertile mind of georg simmel 1908.

Essay stranger and flaneur philosophical science science. Simmel was generally a formalist trying to identify key aspects of social life that were based on formal regularities expansion of group size, difference between dyad and a. Most recently it appears as a chapter in georg simmel on women, sexuality, and love 1984. He differentiates the stranger both from the outsider who has no specific relation to a group and from the wanderer who comes today and leaves tomorrow. The stranger is a part of the community, like the poor, or various enemies within, but a part whose position is simultaneously that of an outsider and a counterpart.

The philosophy of money in the philosophy of money, georg simmel presents a remarkable and wideranging discussion of the social, psychological and philosophical aspects of the money economy. He taught philosophy at the universities of berlin 18851914 and strassburg 191418, and his insightful essays on personal and social interaction inspired the. Georg simmels concept of the stranger and intercultural. Drawing on kant, marx, and weber among many, many others, the book has simmels singular style that separates him from pretty much every other sociologist that has ever lived. Georg simmel, the stranger and the sociology of knowledge article pdf available in journal of intercultural studies 336. This paper suggests that although this body of literature has. In this essay, simmel introduced the notion of the stranger as a unique sociological category. Discuss simmels concept of stranger and du bois concept of double consciousness. The stranger and double consciousness the science of. Pdf georg simmel, the stranger and the sociology of knowledge. He is remembered in the united states for a number of insightful essays on such topics as the social role of the stranger and the nature of group affiliation. An arab womana nurse, i supposedwas sitting beside the bier. Excursus on the stranger by georg simmel is a popular classical sociological text, whereas the stranger as a social type is one of the best known concepts of.