Each person is a fragment even of their own singular type

Evidence

But wholeness in this endeavor is no less futile than in extraindividual realms. Not only are we all fragments, Simmel observes, of the general cultural and social types we embody, but “we are also fragments of the type which only we ourselves are.” — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 91

Categorization

• XREF: Speaks directly to Cole’s unreliable, unmoored actor — the witness who cannot be whole, only fragments of the type that only they are. — connects to: Every person is perceived as both unique individual and general type — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 174; Individuality emerges from the layering and clash of overlapping social types — Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French; Ned Stuckey-French, Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition: A Guide…, 284; A set of individuals can be society to varying degrees. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 51 (+1 more)

Related

• Social types can embody an all-dominating orientation to the world (similarity 0.86)
• Every person is perceived as both unique individual and general type (similarity 0.86)
• Simmel reads human experience as creative, fragmented, conflictual, and individualistic (similarity 0.82)
• Clique-dominated society demands self-representation as a type rather than as an individual. (similarity 0.82)
• Everyone is composed of multiple social identities that position them differently (similarity 0.81)
• Individual diversity can be conceived as a division of labor among unique beings (similarity 0.81)
• A set of individuals can be society to varying degrees. (similarity 0.80)
• Human sociality is one possibility among several, not the only lens on experience (similarity 0.80)
• People inevitably perceive others through generalization because full individual knowledge is impossible (similarity 0.80)
• Each person holds a constant ratio of individual to social factors (similarity 0.80)
• Individuality emerges from the layering and clash of overlapping social types (similarity 0.79)
• Social formations form complex unities structured in dominance rather than expressive identities. (similarity 0.79)
• Any social group can act as individual or aggregate depending on its relational frame. (similarity 0.79)
• Every person fuses social inheritance with free individual autonomy (similarity 0.79)
• Individual and society are methodological standpoints, not separable entities (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Individuality emerges from the layering and clash of overlapping social types #corroborates (0.60) — Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French; Ned Stuckey-French, Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition, 284
• Every person is perceived as both unique individual and general type #corroborates (0.50) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 174
• A set of individuals can be society to varying degrees. #expands (0.40) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 51