Simmel's Analysis of the Urban Psyche
Here we discuss two acclaimed essays by sociologist Georg Simmel, "The Stranger" and "Metropolis and Mental Life". This is the fourth video in the Historical Development of Sociology series. Table of contents: 0:00 Introduction 1:17 Historical background 4:25 The Stranger 9:36 Metropolis and Mental Life 10:44 The blasé attitude 12:51 Urban freedom vs. rural suffocation 15:25 The rationalizing force of the metropole 18:54 Social types 21:00 Critiques of Simmel 23:10 Summary and outro
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