Full text : The social Theory of Georg Simmel

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E INDIVIDUAL AND THE GROUP 199

‘erentiation on the one hand and to a greater
ociological form to other groups on the other
lantitative increase in the size of the group
litative differentiation on the part of the ine
 small existing differences in disposition and
tween individuals become larger because instition
 necessitates individual specialization.
1and, the new group as a whole will resemble
)s more closely than the groups out of which
There is only a relatively small number of
rms available, and this number can be only
ed. The greater the number of sociological
a group, that is, the more complex its socture,
 the more will it therefore resemble
sociological structures. In the amalgamated
iological counterpart of the individual differcreate
 a set of sociological structures which
ind in other groups. The more fully the procual
 and social differentiation reshapes the
e more fully will it therefore come to resemoups.

ly is an extension of the social circle followed
ied individual specialization. An increased
‘erentiation is also followed by the creation
1 circles. The differentiation of the individfellow-group
 members seems accompanied
to make social contacts with individuals in
[t seems to create a need for transgressing
onomie, political, or spiritual boundaries of
up. In so far as this tendency leads to the
uperordinated circles out of smaller groups,
ited in the preceding chapter. Here the tendest
 in the light of the full correlation between
:rentiation and the extension of the group.

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