Purpose-driven conflict can be substituted but feeling-driven conflict cannot

Evidence

Where conflict is merely a means determined by a superior purpose, there is no reason not to restrict or even avoid it, provided it can be replaced by other measures which have the same promise of success. Where, on the other hand, it is exclusively determined by subjective feelings, where there are inner energies which can be satisfied only through fight, its substitution by other means is impossible; it is its own purpose and content and hence wholly free from the admixture of other forms of relation. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 298

Categorization

• XREF: The blasé attitude as instrumental affect-structuring: when inner energies are deadened, only instrumentally driven encounters remain possible. — connects to: Conflict is a positive force distinct from mere indifference — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 276; Fighting for a cause rather than oneself can intensify rather than soften conflict — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 306; Objectified conflict follows its own intrinsic logic without subjective moderation — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 306 (+4 more)

Related

• Objectified conflict follows its own intrinsic logic without subjective moderation (similarity 0.87)
• Fights over worthless chips reveal that fighting itself motivates conflict (similarity 0.84)
• Fighting for a cause rather than oneself can intensify rather than soften conflict (similarity 0.82)
• Conflict destructive at one level can integrate the larger group (similarity 0.79)
• Conflict is a positive force distinct from mere indifference (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Fights over worthless chips reveal that fighting itself motivates conflict #exemplifies (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 299
• Fighting for a cause rather than oneself can intensify rather than soften conflict #expands (0.70) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 306
• Feelings accumulate from experience while emotions are immediate survival reactions #corroborates (0.60) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 244
• Objectified conflict follows its own intrinsic logic without subjective moderation #expands (0.55) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 306