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Mao and Simmel
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Mao and Simmel
This paper looks at views of Mao and Simmel regarding identity.
678 words (approx. 2.7 pages) |
2 sources |
MLA | 2004
Paper Summary:
In this article, the writer discusses Mao's and Simmel's views on identity. The writer contends that they both agree that identity is shaped by contradiction.From the Paper:
"Both Georg Simmel and Mao Tse Tung believed that the root of identity lay in contradiction. Simmel's stranger's identity is born from the contradiction that he represents being simultaneously within and without society. Although he is not part of the society, his very identity depends on that fact and he views the established group with freshened eyes. Mao for his part also believed that identity was rooted in contradiction. For Mao this contradiction, given the proper conditions, could juxtapose itself just as the proletariat given the right circumstances ... "More papers on Mao and Simmel:
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APA Citation:
Mao and Simmel (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Mao-and-Simmel/74128
MLA Citation:
"Mao and Simmel" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Mao-and-Simmel/74128>
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