Differentiation of roles from serfdom enabled spatial mobility and distant relations

Evidence

It is obvious how free movement of the person and his involvement in spatially more distant relations emerged from this situation. Not only the eradication of the external bond to the soil was involved, but also the very condition of the laborer as one who receives work first in one place, then in another. On the other hand, alienable property was involved, since it made possible sale and hence commercial relations, resettlement, and so on. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 602

Categorization

• QUESTION: This causal link from property individuation to spatial mobility and distant social relations directly feeds the flâneur argument — wandering presumes alienable, mobile personhood.
• XREF: connects to: Functional differentiation frees individuals from role-dictated behavior — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 708; Impersonal modern systems paradoxically enable reembedding of local personal life — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 342

Broader Connections

• Impersonal modern systems paradoxically enable reembedding of local personal life #expands (0.75) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 342
• Functional differentiation frees individuals from role-dictated behavior #corroborates (0.70) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 708