Georg Simmel’s Concept of Forms of Association as an Analytical Tool for Relational Sociology

This chapter dwells on Georg Simmel’s concept of form, concretely of ‘forms of association’ (Formen der Vergesellschaftung). Simmel argued that the study of the forms of association had to become the specific object of study for the discipline of sociology as it offered the newborn discipline the po...

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Author: Cantó-Milà, Natàlia
Format: Book chapter
Status:Accepted version
Publication date:2018
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repository:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/150947
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10609/150947
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66005-9_11
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:relational sociology
forms of sociation
Georg Simmel
forms of the second order
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description This chapter dwells on Georg Simmel’s concept of form, concretely of ‘forms of association’ (Formen der Vergesellschaftung). Simmel argued that the study of the forms of association had to become the specific object of study for the discipline of sociology as it offered the newborn discipline the possibility of shedding light upon an object of knowledge that no other discipline had dealt with until then. Furthermore, Simmel presented sociology as a discipline that concentrated neither on individuals nor on society as a whole but rather on the invisible threads that bind us and weave society together. This chapter seeks to bring these two lines of Simmelian thought together (the study of forms of association and relational sociology), arguing that the concept of forms of association (with its different typologies) offers us a great analytical tool for pursuing relational sociology today.
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spelling Georg Simmel’s Concept of Forms of Association as an Analytical Tool for Relational Sociology Cantó-Milà, Natàlia relational sociology forms of sociation Georg Simmel forms of the second order This chapter dwells on Georg Simmel’s concept of form, concretely of ‘forms of association’ (Formen der Vergesellschaftung). Simmel argued that the study of the forms of association had to become the specific object of study for the discipline of sociology as it offered the newborn discipline the possibility of shedding light upon an object of knowledge that no other discipline had dealt with until then. Furthermore, Simmel presented sociology as a discipline that concentrated neither on individuals nor on society as a whole but rather on the invisible threads that bind us and weave society together. This chapter seeks to bring these two lines of Simmelian thought together (the study of forms of association and relational sociology), arguing that the concept of forms of association (with its different typologies) offers us a great analytical tool for pursuing relational sociology today. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham http://hdl.handle.net/10609/150947 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66005-9_11
spellingShingle Georg Simmel’s Concept of Forms of Association as an Analytical Tool for Relational Sociology
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relational sociology
forms of sociation
Georg Simmel
forms of the second order
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title Georg Simmel’s Concept of Forms of Association as an Analytical Tool for Relational Sociology
title_full Georg Simmel’s Concept of Forms of Association as an Analytical Tool for Relational Sociology
title_fullStr Georg Simmel’s Concept of Forms of Association as an Analytical Tool for Relational Sociology
title_full_unstemmed Georg Simmel’s Concept of Forms of Association as an Analytical Tool for Relational Sociology
title_short Georg Simmel’s Concept of Forms of Association as an Analytical Tool for Relational Sociology
title_sort Georg Simmel’s Concept of Forms of Association as an Analytical Tool for Relational Sociology
topic relational sociology
forms of sociation
Georg Simmel
forms of the second order
topic_facet relational sociology
forms of sociation
Georg Simmel
forms of the second order
url http://hdl.handle.net/10609/150947
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66005-9_11