Objective and subjective culture are distinct measurable phenomena

Evidence

Since culture places life-contents in an incomparably tangled knot of subject and object, two meanings of the concept are justifiable. The term “objective culture” can be used to designate things in that state of elaboration, development, and perfection which leads the psyche to its own fulfillment or indicates the path to be traversed by individuals or collectivities on the way to a heightened existence. By subjective culture I mean the measure of development of persons thus attained. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 564

Categorization

• DEFINE: Core definitional distinction between objective and subjective culture — the theoretical hinge of the chapter.
• XREF: The objective/subjective culture split feeds directly into the essay’s claim about how the blasé observer consumes urban objects without subjective cultivation. — connects to: Objective culture grows far faster than subjective individual culture — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 760; The metropolis reduces individuals to negligible cogs in an objective culture — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 760; Objective and subjective culture grow by fundamentally different logics — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 32 (+9 more)

Related

• Objective and subjective culture grow by fundamentally different logics (similarity 0.90)
• Subjective and objective culture necessarily oppose each other (similarity 0.88)
• Objective culture grows far faster than subjective individual culture (similarity 0.87)
• Individual mental distinctiveness emerges only from contact with objective culture. (similarity 0.86)
• Individual receptive capacity is finite while objective culture grows infinitely (similarity 0.86)
• The metropolis reduces individuals to negligible cogs in an objective culture (similarity 0.84)
• Building autonomous objective culture resembles economic takeoff into self-sustaining growth (similarity 0.82)
• Overwhelming objective culture forces individuals to exaggerate their peculiarities (similarity 0.81)
• Culture requires routing one’s perfection through external objects and spheres (similarity 0.79)
• Depersonalized products carry more cultural significance than personal ones (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Objective and subjective culture grow by fundamentally different logics #expands (0.80) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 32
• Individual receptive capacity is finite while objective culture grows infinitely #expands (0.70) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 33
• Subjective and objective culture necessarily oppose each other #qualifies (0.60) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 84
• Building autonomous objective culture resembles economic takeoff into self-sustaining growth #expands (0.60) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 87
• Individual mental distinctiveness emerges only from contact with objective culture. #expands (0.60) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 654
• Culture is inherently decentered and resists direct linkage to other structures #qualifies (0.50)
• Social structures are objectivated meanings built through inter-subjective exchange #expands (0.50)