social type

is a typification such as 'the adventurer' or 'the renegade' which is formed through the assigned expectations of others and thus becomes an aspect of the social structure.

along with 'the stranger,' he describes in great phenomenological detail such diverse types as 'the mediator,' 'the poor,' 'the adventurer,' 'the man in the middle,' and 'the renegade.' Simmel conceives of each particular social type as being cast by the specifiable reactions and expectations of others. The type becomes what he is through his relations with others who assign him a particular position and expect him to behave in specific ways. His characteristics are seen as attributes of the social structure.'

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social type