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1 The Metropolis And Mental Life
The Metropolis and Mental Life 討論問題

1. 都市環境的客觀主義(objectivism)如何人對身旁的人感覺疏離(alienation)或僅維持表面關係(superficial relationship)?
2. 都市環境如何讓都市人比重感情的(sentimentality)鄉村居民更會計算(calculative)且更具理性(rational)?
3. 大都市如何讓都市人更自主(autonomy)、更富彈性(flexibility)定義自我,而不感受到小社區常見的文化壓力(cultural pressures)?
4. 都市裡有哪些社會力量(social forces)會阻礙都市人擁有像鄉村生活那樣的社交行為和個人關係?

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