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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170 THE SOCIAL THEORY OF GEORG SIMMEL good or bad conscience. Honor takes an intermediate posi- tion. Nonconformity is punished by means which are neither of a purely subjective character, like moral discom- fort, nor of a purely external character, like the physical restraint in the legal sphere. With the formation of an honor standard protected partially by subjective moral conse- quences and partly by objective social consequences, society creates a guaranty for an adequate individual behavior in spheres which lie outside the field of legal provisions and which cannot be left to individual morality.! Honor originally refers to a class standard. It sets the norms for the preservation of smaller circles contained within a larger group. It preserves both the unified char- acter of the social circle and its distinctions from the other circles within the large inclusive organization. What is sometimes referred to as human honor in general, or in- dividual honor, is an abstraction. There is no human honor as such. There is family honor, military honor, hon- or among thieves, but no individual honor. Honor is a fac- tor in the self-preservation of a group and can be under- stood only as such.? Concentration and Objectivation of the Social Coherence an Specral Organs The factors contributing to the social self-preservation mentioned thus far were the objectivation of the group unity in a spatial form, a personal leader, material sym- bols, or in ideal norms. Another important factor is the objectivation of the group coherence in a special organ composed of a number of persons. In that case the factor exhibits in itself a sociological character. It is sociological not only in function, but also in structure. A religious L For the formal aspect of these restraints, see also Book II, chapter iii. * Soz., pp. 532-35.

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