ABSTRACT
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The significance of social interaction – the reciprocal influence of persons upon each other – was acknowledged in the classical tradition of sociology, most notably by Georg SIMMEL (1858-1918). Simmel’s breakthrough was to identify “forms of sociation” (conflict, cooperation, super-and subordination, secrecy, and the like) whose properties were social, not psychological or biological in origin. Molar social structures and processes were crystallized out of these “microscopic-molecular” forms. Simmel placed social interaction on the sociological agenda. Modern sociology has provided the concepts, theories, and methods to promote its further analysis.
