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For Georg Simmel — more than for any other classical sociologist — the quest for individuality is the central problem of the modern world. He begins his 1903 essay, “The Metropolis and Mental Life”, with these words.
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Phillips, B.S. (1990). Simmel, Individuality, and Fundamental Change. In: Kaern, M., Phillips, B.S., Cohen, R.S. (eds) Georg Simmel and Contemporary Sociology. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 119. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0459-0_15
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