Le Metropoli E La Vita Dello Spirito by Georg Simmel
The essay analyzes how life in large cities transforms individual psychology and social relations: the constant sensory stimulation, impersonality of economic exchange and dense social interactions produce a protective, blasé attitude and intellectualized modes of experience that enable people to cope but also foster reserve, fragmentation and anonymity; at the same time the metropolis cultivates new forms of individuality, specialized social roles and associative life, producing both greater freedom and deeper social isolation.
- Published
- 1903
- Nationality
- German
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 15-30
- Original Language
- German
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- Alternate Titles
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- Die Großstädte und das Geistesleben
- Le Metropoli e la vita dello spirito
- The Metropolis and Mental Life
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