Georg Simmel Alyssa Arble and Abdullah Hasanuddin
Background Born March 1, 1858 in Berlin German micro-sociologist and founder of the Formal School of sociology Lecturer and professor 1908: Sociology: Investigations on the Forms of Sociation Many of these articles were very popular in the United States and in The American Journal of Sociology Robert Park and Ernest Burgess (Concentric Zone Model) accredited their classic, Introduction to the Science of Sociology, to Simmel
Influences Husserl Marx Weber Darwin Spencer Kant/Neo-Kantian Comte
Key Concepts Formal Sociology Social Types The stranger The spendthrift The mediator The adventurer The renegade The poor
Key Concepts Dialectical Thinking Social Geometry Dyad Triad Superordination and subordination
Key Concepts Sociability Tact and impersonality Sociability thresholds The “Sociability Drive” and the Democratic of Sociability The artificial world of sociability Social games Coquerty Conversation Sociability as the play-form of ethical problems and of their solution Historical Illustrations The “superficial” character of sociability
Key Concepts Secrecy The Secret Society Philosophy of Money
Key Concepts Exchange Mass Culture
How these concepts help us understand Society The forms of interaction patterns. “Forms of interaction do exist and are subject to systematic analysis” Guide for microsociology
Social Geometry : Numbers Dyad and Triad Bystander effect Devide Et Impera The art of war British on Malaysia prior to 1957
Social Types: The Stranger Neighborhood
Superordinate and Subordinate There will always be a leader and follower in social world Sports Education Company Family Country Religion
Secrecy Secret defines society, based on Ratio of Secrecy Family: more secret, more intimacy Company Presidential Campaign
Philosophy of Money Once money replaced barter system, the human interaction process is forever changed Money define everything’s worth People quantify things instead of qualify Haute Couture Macaroon Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft