Strangeness is a specific proportion of nearness and distance

Evidence

Although both these qualities are found to some extent in all relationships, a special proportion and reciprocal tension between them produce the specific form of the relation to the “stranger.” — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 403

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The stranger embodies a simultaneous union of closeness and remoteness — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 388; Shared universal traits make the stranger simultaneously near and far — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 397; Stranger objectivity is freedom from perceptual and normative bias — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 395 (+6 more)

Related

• The stranger embodies a simultaneous union of closeness and remoteness (similarity 0.90)
• Shared universal traits make the stranger simultaneously near and far (similarity 0.88)
• In the stranger, distance means the near one is far and vice versa. (similarity 0.87)
• The most urban-inept strangers can be the most warmly treated (similarity 0.87)
• A stranger is someone personally unknown yet visually available (similarity 0.84)
• The stranger is not a transient wanderer but a settled potential wanderer (similarity 0.82)
• Seeing a handicap makes some strangers feel licensed to intrude (similarity 0.81)
• Widely shared similarities cool connections into a sense of contingency (similarity 0.81)
• Stranger relations rest on general commonality, not specific differences (similarity 0.81)
• Distance and closeness are qualitative richnesses of co-presence, not metric lengths. (similarity 0.81)
• Social forms can be classified by the interpersonal distances they create (similarity 0.81)
• Individualization loosens ties with the near to enable ties with the distant (similarity 0.79)
• Strangers are perceived by type rather than as individuals (similarity 0.79)
• Stranger objectivity is freedom from perceptual and normative bias (similarity 0.79)
• Some strangeness denies the stranger even general human commonality, making the relation a non-relation (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Shared universal traits make the stranger simultaneously near and far #corroborates (0.85) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 397
• Modern place is a local expression of distant, disembedded relations #expands (0.78) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 260
• Distance and closeness are qualitative richnesses of co-presence, not metric lengths. #expands (0.60) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 948
• Stranger objectivity is freedom from perceptual and normative bias #qualifies (0.50) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 395
• Social forms can be classified by the interpersonal distances they create #expands (0.50) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 81
• Philosophy and art hold objects at greater distance than science does #expands (0.40) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 80