Jewelry simultaneously increases social distance and offers favor to observers
Evidence
All social forms are defined to some extent in terms of the dimension of interpersonal distance. Some forms, like conflict, bring distant people into close contact. Others, like secrecy, increase the distance between people. Some forms organize gradations of vertical distance, whereas others are forms for organizing horizontal distances. Forms like the stranger and fashion entail distinctive combinations of both nearness and distance. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 81 (
#exemplifies, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Adornment simultaneously expresses egoism and altruism within social exchange; Social forms can be classified by the interpersonal distances they create — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 81
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Broader Connections
- Adornment simultaneously expresses egoism and altruism within social exchange
#corroborates(0.92) - Social forms can be classified by the interpersonal distances they create
#exemplifies(0.85) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 81