The social Theory of Georg Simmel

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Identifikator:: 1024612627

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-166627

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Spykman, Nicholas J. http://d-nb.info/gnd/124229867

Title:: The social Theory of Georg Simmel

Place of publication:: Chicago

Publisher:: Univ. of Chicago Press.

Year of publication:: 1925

Scope:: XXIX, 297 S

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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a) e nN Hf le n tg ~ sd, e ar le Ie Ps al AS t. 1d “O -h vO Ne ym N- cn 16 = ne “ani iSe [3 In case of an external conflict or opposition, the} figsi- ak tion of the subordinate becomes very different *f his rela- tionship involves only a partial submission and fxaves him a great deal of freedom and spontaneity. In that dasé the! subordinate is left the possibility of choosing between Si= periors, and through that fact he obtains in relation to each of them, and perhaps in his own feeling in relation to both, a certain independence which he would not have had with only a single master. A similar advantage accrues to the subordinate if the superiors succeed each other while the former remains. The Roman senate was theoretically sub- ordinate to the high state officials. The officials, however, served for only a short period, while membership in the sen- ate was permanent. The result was that in actuality this hody had a far greater power in its dealings with state offi- cials than it was legally given. This is only a special in- stance of a general correlation. In the relationship between groups and their varying members or outsiders there ac- crues a special power to the group through the mere fact of ts persistence. This occurs not only if the group is sub- ordinate, but also if the group is superior. It is manifest in the authority of the state and the church over their in- dividual members, which is among other things also due to the fact that they have, compared to the short lives of their members, a relatively eternal existence. A similar advantage for the subordinate may result if his superiors are themselves placed in some kind of juxta- position. A subvassal immediately subject to the king has a certain independence and strength in his relations to the vassal which would be absent if the first relationship did not exist. If the form of the social structure is such that a rombination between the highest and lowest elements against the middle group is impossible, there results a situ- ation which is most unfortunate for the lower circles. If PE 2 oD [ge] os rd

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