For 10 points, identify this German sociologist who wrote "The Stranger," The Philosophy of Money, and "The Metropolis and Mental Life."
In one work, this thinker described the complementary roles of economic activity in both establishing and overcoming distance. In an essay, this thinker described a figure who cultivates an objective attitude and belongs in a group while remaining marginal to it, as exemplified by traders. In a book, this thinker divided the title medium of exchange into "synthetic" and "natural" parts in order to compare it to the totality of life. In another work, he claimed that a person's independence and individuality were imperative when overcoming the "blasé" caused by the title kind of setting. For 10 points, identify this German sociologist who wrote "The Stranger," The Philosophy of Money, and "The Metropolis and Mental Life."
In one work, this thinker described the complementary roles of economic activity in both establishing and overcoming distance.
Georg Simmel