Simmel

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[gey-awrk], /geɪˈɔrk/, 1858–1918, German sociologist and philosopher.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Simmel's contention is that, even for an isolated economy, value arises from exchange, and that exchange is essential to it.
Social Value|B. M. Anderson
In what way do you understand Simmel to relate conflict to social process?
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park
Ratzenhofer, Simmel, and Small place the social process and socialization central in their systems of sociology.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park
What do you understand to be the distinction which Simmel makes between attitudes of appreciation and comprehension?
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park

In what ways, according to Simmel, does interaction maintain the mechanism of the group in time?
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park