INTC 1F90 Lecture : The Stranger.docx
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The stranger is thus being discussed here today as not [ ] the wanderer that comes today and goes tomorrow, but rather as the person who comes today and stays tomorrow. He is [ ] the potential wanderedr [who] has not quite overcome the freedom of coming and going (p. 402) From wolff (1950) the sociology of georg simmel. Father a wealthy jewish businessman who converted to roman catholicism; his mother was from a jewish family that converted to lutheransim. Became privatdozent or a private lecturer at berlin university. The stranger is thus being discussed here as not [ ] the wanderer who comes today and goes tomorrow, but rather as the person who comes today and stays tomorrow. He is [ ] the potential wanderer [who] has quite not overcome the freedom of coming and going. (p. 402) An element of the group itself but not totally a part of it.