Chapter Outline

I. Primary Concerns

A. Biographical Sketch

B. Levels and Areas of Concern

C. Dialectical Thinking

D. Fashion

E. Individual Culture and Objective Culture

F. More-Life and More-Than-Life

II. Individual Consciousness

III. Social Interaction ("Association")

A. Interaction: Forms and Types

B. Social Geometry

1. Numbers

a. dyad and triad

b. group size

2. Distance

C. Social Types

1. The Poor

D. Social Forms

1. Superordinate and Subordinate

2. Social Forms and Simmel's Larger Problematic

IV. Social Structures

V. Objective Culture

VI. The Philosophy of Money

A. Money and Value

B. Money, Reification, and Rationalization

C. Negative Effects

VII. Tragedy of Culture

A. The Tragedy of Culture in Its Broader Context

VIII. Secrecy: A Case Study in Simmel's Sociology

A. Secrecy and Social Relationships

B. Other Thoughts on Secrecy

IX. Criticisms

X. Summary