SOCIOL 41 Lecture Notes - Lecture 79: Georg Simmel, Collective Identity
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The way we communicate both reflects and recreates our relationship to the other person. = social interactional linkage between two people is characterized by a relatively stable set of expectations and enduring pattern of interaction. Four types of symbolic content linked to four types of relational bonds: affective, instrumental, status, self. Triads - adding one person who adds two relationships = social system. = less intimate, more durable, possibility of elaborate interaction patterns (coalition formation) Overall structure characterized by both size and degree of interconnections. Two or more individuals collectively interacting with their environment with a common identification and shared goals. In-group = social unit that we belong to or identify with (we,us) Out-group = social unit that we do not belong to or identify with (they,them) Defined as groups of two or more individuals, typically between 2 and 20 individuals, whose members are able to engage in direct, face to face interactions.
