Objective status markers are excluded from pure social interaction
Evidence
In sociability, whatever the personality has of objective importance, of features which have their orientation toward something outside the circle, must not interfere. Riches and social position, learning and fame, exceptional capacities and merits of the individual have no role in sociability or, at most, as a slight nuance of that immateriality with which alone reality dares penetrate into the artificial structure of sociability. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 375
Categorization
- DEFINE: Spells out the exclusion rule: objective importance and the most personal traits alike are barred, leaving only formal self-presentation.
- XREF: connects to: Displayed busyness signals unavailability to would-be interactors; Tact replaces real interests as the regulator of pure social interaction — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 375; Sociability’s democratic reciprocity fails across different social classes — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 377 (+1 more)
Related
- Sociability’s democratic reciprocity fails across different social classes (similarity 0.82)
- Displayed busyness signals unavailability to would-be interactors (similarity 0.81)
- Sociability has upper and lower thresholds for individual input (similarity 0.80)
- Tact replaces real interests as the regulator of pure social interaction (similarity 0.80)
- Individual motives become social only through forms of mutual interaction (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Sociability’s democratic reciprocity fails across different social classes
#expands(0.50) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 377 - Social forms can be classified by the interpersonal distances they create
#expands(0.40) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 81