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according action activity animal appear association attain authority become belongs body called character characteristic collective common conceived concepts consequently considered contract created definite dependent derived desire determined direct elements equal especially essential exchange existence expression fact feeling forces freedom functions Gemeinschaft Gesellschaft given gives habit hand human idea important individual influence intellectual interest involved kind knowledge labor land latter least less limited living means memory mental mind moral mutual natural necessary object organic original partly person pleasure positive possession possible present production qualities rational reality reason regard relation relationship represent respect result rules sense separate similar social society specific sphere theory things thinking thought tion Tönnies town trade true types understanding unity village wealth whole
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Page 14 - By primary groups I mean those characterized by intimate faceto-face association and cooperation. They are primary in several senses, but chiefly in that they are fundamental in forming the social nature and ideals of the individual.
Page 19 - ... of objects in the external situation and of other human individuals, making use of these expectations as "conditions
Page 33 - ... and organic life — this is the essential characteristic of the Gemeinschaft (community); or as imaginary and mechanical structure — this is the concept of Gesellschaft (society). Through the application of these two terms we shall see that the chosen expressions are rooted in their synonymous use in the German language.
Page 37 - Theory of Gemeinschaft 1 . Embryo or Emergent Forms IN ACCORDANCE with the preliminary explanations, the theory of Gemeinschaft starts from the assumption of perfect unity of human wills as an original or natural condition which is preserved in spite of actual separation. This natural condition is found in manifold forms because of dependence on the nature of the relationship between individuals who are differently conditioned. The common root of this natural condition is...