Urban sociology and the stranger

The paper investigates the extent to which urban sociology has neglected the analytical potential of the stranger and puts forward an interpretative model that can broaden and deepen our understanding of the relationship between urbanity and difference. The interpretative model adopts a typology of the stranger consisting of three types of strangers: pre-modern, modern and post-modern. These three types of strangers are abstract descriptions constructed by accentuating certain features of real individuals. They are ‘ideal types’ and not intended as a reflection of urban realities but as a way of interpreting them. In addition, they are not mutually exclusive and may in some cases overlap, interconnect and complement each other. Finally, this typology is neither comprehensive nor definitive; rather, through an analysis of the modern city, the post-modern city I and post-modern city II, the paper demonstrates its exploratory power.

Georg Simmel, the stranger and the sociology of knowledge

The Simmelian stranger has been extensively studied and critiqued. This paper suggests that although this body of literature has contributed to a conceptual refinement of the category, its analysis confines itself to Simmel’s seminal essay on the stranger. A broader and deeper analysis of Simmel’s stranger is possible when we contextualise it within Simmel’s broader intellectual project and link it to his conception of historical knowledge, 10 his reflections on the third element, the cosmopolitan aesthetic sensibility and the genius. It is suggested that the affinities between the stranger and other ideas within his work allow us to ponder the contribution that Simmel can make to the debate on standpoint epistemologies.

The stranger in China; or, The fan-qui's visit to the celestial empire in 1836-7.

Mode of access: Internet.

The stranger in the church ...

Mode of access: Internet.

The Stranger's gift : a Christmas and New Year's present /

Mode of access: Internet.

Kidd's new guide to the "lions" of London : or, The stranger's directory to the Tower, St. Paul's, the parks, the theatres, the bazaars, the diorama, the colosseum, Thames tunnel, the Zoological gardens, Regent's park, the Surrey zoological gardens, Westminster abbey, etc. etc. with numerous illustrations of the different places and objects, designed and engraved by G.W. Bonner.

Mode of access: Internet.

The stranger's guide through the city of York and its cathedral ... . Comp. from original and authentic documents.

Mode of access: Internet.

The stranger's grave.

Mode of access: Internet.

The stranger in Ireland, or, A tour in the southern and western parts of that country in the year 1805 /

Shaw & Shoemaker

Leigh's new picture of London; or ... a luminous guide to the stranger, on all subjects connected with general information, business, or amusement ...

Mode of access: Internet.

My pocket book : or, Hints for "a ryghte merrie and conceitede" tour, in quarto; to be called "The stranger in Ireland," in 1805.

A burlesque on Sir John Carr's "Stranger in Ireland".

My niece, or The stranger's grave.

Mode of access: Internet.