Buch | Kapitel
Absolute and relative
the operation of a single polarity
pp. 165-195
Abstrakt
In contrast, but still with the aim of exhibiting Simmel's general method, though by a different means, this chapter collects together his use of a single general polarity absolute-relative spread across several of his texts and in relation to a number of different topics. The topics include truth and knowledge, money and gender. The terms absolute and relative occur together or singly, but if singly, still with the second half of the pair implied. Also, when both are present, often one part of the pair will be dominant. We will also notice how a second general polarity, the subject and object duality, is often present in conjunction with the absolute-relative one.
Publication details
Published in:
Schermer Henry, Jary David (2013) Form and dialectic in Georg Simmel's sociology: a new interpretation. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Seiten: 165-195
Referenz:
Schermer Henry, Jary David (2013) Absolute and relative: the operation of a single polarity, In: Form and dialectic in Georg Simmel's sociology, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 165–195.


