The Stranger
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"The Stranger" is a seminal sociological essay by Georg Simmel that analyzes the unique social position of an individual who is simultaneously part of and distant from a group.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Stranger canonical | 1 |
| the stranger | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
academic essay
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sociological essay ⓘ work of sociology ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | classical sociology ⓘ |
| analyzes |
how mobility shapes social roles
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perception of strangers by group members ⓘ role of distance in social relationships ⓘ |
| author | Georg Simmel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
individual who is simultaneously near and far to a group
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outsider integrated into a community ⓘ person who belongs to a group but remains socially distant ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
social theory
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sociology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
objectivity of the stranger
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structural position of the stranger in social groups ⓘ tension between belonging and distance ⓘ |
| genre | sociological theory ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
stranger as a lens to understand modern social life
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stranger as a structural position, not just a personal characteristic ⓘ |
| hasKeyIdea |
group boundaries are revealed through the figure of the stranger
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stranger can have a special kind of objectivity ⓘ stranger combines closeness and remoteness ⓘ stranger is not the wanderer who comes today and leaves tomorrow ⓘ stranger is the person who comes today and stays tomorrow ⓘ stranger often entrusted with certain economic roles ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | formal analysis of social forms rather than specific historical cases ⓘ |
| influenced |
classical sociological theory
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later theories of social distance ⓘ studies of migration and outsiders ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Georg Simmel's formal sociology ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
stranger as both near and far
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the stranger as a specific social type ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
forms of social interaction
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group membership and marginality ⓘ insider–outsider dynamics ⓘ social distance ⓘ social position of the stranger ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Georg Simmel's body of sociological essays ⓘ |
| usedIn |
migration and diaspora studies
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social psychology discussions of in-groups and out-groups ⓘ sociological theory courses ⓘ urban sociology ⓘ |
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the stranger