SOC 2112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Georg Simmel, Urban Sociology, Social Relation
4 Nov 2018
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Simmel saw modernity related to the urbanization and money economy following the growth of the metropolis. With the chicago school they perceived the city as the place to study modernity in terms of its widest form and viewed it in terms of social relations and human interaction rather than individuals or institutions. In some (cid:449)a(cid:455)s, this (cid:373)ade hi(cid:373) a (cid:862)stra(cid:374)ger(cid:863) i(cid:374) a(cid:272)ade(cid:373)ia (cid:449)here his essa(cid:455) (cid:449)riti(cid:374)g a unscientific approaches were criticized working in an unpaid position until the age of 56. Thus, without a permanent position it was difficult for him to set a scale like weber and. Thus, it only becomes society when the attained contexts have a reciprocal influence. Hence, his idea here is to step away from specific and diverse contents while isolating the specific forms of interaction one can describe society by the way these structures, behavior and relations occur and develop.
