Simmel’s conflicts are mostly productive rather than tragic

Evidence

From this it might seem that his view of life is starkly and utterly pessimistic. What such a conclusion overlooks is that the inevitable conflicts Simmel identifies are not all of a piece. Some are tonic and constructive; others, though costly and painful, are historically productive. Only in certain determinate areas are conflicts inescapably tragic. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 92

Related

• Conflicts and problems serve life independently of ever being solved (similarity 0.85)
• Conflict destructive at one level can integrate the larger group (similarity 0.82)
• Conflict is a positive force distinct from mere indifference (similarity 0.80)
• The firmly grounded relation dares conflict while weak ones avoid it (similarity 0.80)
• Irreconcilable conflict gives society its texture, durability, and resilience (similarity 0.80)
• Simmel reads human experience as creative, fragmented, conflictual, and individualistic (similarity 0.79)