FCSS*1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Georg Simmel, Symbolic Interactionism, Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft
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Population & human life: during past 60 years the world pop. has more than doubled, more than 1 billion do not have enough food and lack basic health care, demography: study of size, composition, and distribution of populations. Availability of inexpensive land, low cost mass construction methods. Ferdinand tonnies: gemeinschaft: homogenous, stable group of people, strong attachment to local interests (small towns, gesellschaft: ties among people in a city which include different personal histories and impersonal brief relationships. Similar interests not similar characteristics unite people. Symbolic interactionism: georg simmel: urban life is so highly stimulating that people have no choice but to become somewhat insensitive to events and individuals around them, urban residents generally avoid emotional involvement with other another. Feminism: emphasizes occupational opportunities, freedom, convenience, stimulation for women present in cities but not in smaller centers or suburbs, other feminists concerned about violence or threats to women at night in cities.
