ABSTRACT
The history of human associations shows a tendency similar to that of the association of ideas. The sociological development seems to repeat the psychological development. The amount of sociological determination which the individual receives from his participation in different social circles will be greater if his relative position in each of these associations is a different one. Social differentiation shows itself in a variety of forms. The different aspects of life were intimately integrated, and if the emotional and political life centered around the vocational life, regulation of the latter implied and included regulation of the former. The modern highly differentiated social structure with its numerous groupings and associations partakes both of the collectivistic and of the individualistic ideal. During the Middle Ages the individual was also in many cases a member of different associations, but his relationships were much less determined by his individual characteristics.
