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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CHAPTER III SOCIOLOGY AS DISTINCT FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY [ry HE term “sociology” has sometimes been used for 1 certain scientific inquiries which, although closely related to sociology, are none the less not identical with sociology. One of these is social psychology, the oth- ers are certain social sciences. In the latter case the confu- sion arose only if these social sciences, such as economics or political science, made use of the so-called sociological method. It is therefore necessary to define once more the study of sociology, but this time in relation to and in con- trast with the social sciences on the one hand and social psychology on the other. The distinction will then be seen to lie in the fundamental category of cognition by means of which these sciences abstract their specific subject- matter from the socio-historical actuality. The socio-historical actuality, society in the broader sense of the term, consists of the sum of all individuals con- curring in reciprocal relations, together with all the inter- ests which unite them. In other words, it consists of In- dividuals who are socialized on the basis of certain inter- ests or for specific purposes, together with these interests and purposes. The socio-historical actuality may there- fore be regarded from three distinct points of view: 1. It may be viewed with reference to the individual ex- istences which are the bearers of the social situation. The social situation is then viewed as the result of specific psy- chological contents in the composing individual elements.

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