On the one hand, one is bound to react to Simmel's works from a point of view that is overwhelmingly antagonistic. In particular, crucial aspects of his methodology are unacceptable. His substantive results must with unusual frequency be regarded with reservations, and not seldom they must be rejected outright. In addition, his mode of exposition strikes one at times as strange, and often it is at the very least uncongenial.

Georg Simmel, on individuality and social…, loc. 114