Social mechanisms intensify only when applied reflexively to themselves

Evidence

This does not mean, of course, that each member of a society is conscious of such an abstract notion of unity. It means that he is absorbed in innumerable, specific relations and in the feeling and the knowledge of determining others and of being determined by them. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 169 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Social unity is felt through concrete relations rather than abstract awareness — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 169; Luhmann’s systems are not naturalistic people-networks but self-referential communicative processes; Reflexive personal trust enables actions impossible by simple trust (+4 more)

Related

• Social unity is felt through concrete relations rather than abstract awareness (similarity 0.87)
• Social systems reproduce through self-referential communication, not individual will (similarity 0.84)
• Reflexive social mechanisms multiply complexity but carry serious transition costs (similarity 0.84)
• Human essence is the ensemble of social relations, not an individual abstraction (similarity 0.83)
• Complex social systems cannot rest on individual feeling-based trust alone (similarity 0.82)
• Luhmann’s systems are not naturalistic people-networks but self-referential communicative processes (similarity 0.81)
• Real equality is experienced associationally and requires consciousness to be real (similarity 0.81)
• The individual’s inner mental relations mirror social relations among persons (similarity 0.80)
• Trust stems from societal self-presentation conditions, not only individual strategies as Goffman holds. (similarity 0.80)
• Personal trust forms only where a personality is socially indispensable (similarity 0.80)
• Marx conceived social unity as constructed out of difference, not identity (similarity 0.80)
• Democratic centralism seeks unity inductively through practice, not by abstract deduction (similarity 0.79)
• Modern societies increasingly substitute self-presentation for feeling as a basis of trust (similarity 0.79)
• Relation forms a self-sustaining generative system rather than a static being (similarity 0.79)
• Reflexive personal trust enables actions impossible by simple trust (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Luhmann’s systems are not naturalistic people-networks but self-referential communicative processes #expands (0.75)
• Reflexive personal trust enables actions impossible by simple trust #exemplifies (0.60)
• Social unity is felt through concrete relations rather than abstract awareness #corroborates (0.40) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 169