SOCI 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Georg Simmel, Presupposition, Impression Management
8 May 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Intellectual roots: neo-kantian: neo-kantian thought: aprior categories influenced simmel, however he argued that there are no transcendental and overarching aprior categories in historiography. Instead categories of thought are product of interpretive intent of investigators: i(cid:373)(cid:373)el(cid:859)s a(cid:374)al(cid:455)sis add(cid:396)esses 2 (cid:272)e(cid:374)t(cid:396)al issues, 1. How can we be sure our knowledge is correct: because we (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t get i(cid:374)side people(cid:859)s heads. Vi: can only analyze vocal/physical gestures and make assumptions about what they mean. It(cid:859)s a guess and check kind of thing. Presuppositions and forms of sociation: presuppositions= social aprior categories that are mutually understood and make social interaction experience possible, forms of sociation are from, 1. Innate objective and subjective capacities of the mind: 2. Human capacity for meaningful social interaction: culture: realm of social experience where sociation occurs. Sociology vs psychology: simmel distinguishes the 2 sciences, psychology is the study of drives and impulses of individual organisms, sociology is the study of forms of sociation that permit realization of drives and impulses.
