SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes -Georg Simmel

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Georg simmel: one of the most significant classical works on the expected effects of urban life on individual social psychology and definition of self. * metropolitan type of individual: individuality, rationality, lack of emotionalism, specialization and compartmentalization . * reasons: money economy, division of labour, size of the area and the number of persons and so on. * demonstration methods: compare metropolis with small town. * the psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation. * with each crossing the street, with the tempo and multiplicity of economic, occupational and social life, the city sets up a deep contrast with small town and rural life with reference to the sensory foundation of psychic life. * so the urban emphasis on rationality and money to deal with stress and other events. * it is said that the relationship between rationalism and money economy is closely.

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