SOC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.11: Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft
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In such a case, then, your relationship has changed from gesellschaft to. T nnies suggested that in modern society more relationships are means to an end, or gesellschaft, than in premodern society, where most human relationships were. It is not so much that people themselves have changed. Rather, modern society itself forces people to work and live among others even when they lack emotional attachments. Chances are, these are gesellschaft means to ends and impersonal. In premodern times, students would have been more likely to experience one-on- one, personal relationships with their teachers. In any particular society, one expects to find examples of both gemeinschaft and. Gesellschaft relationships, as well as relationships that change from one type to the other and relationships that are mixed. The difference between premodern and modern society, according to t nnies, is that the proportions are different. The type of the relationship determines the rules of the relationship.
