In the course of his varied analyses Simmel develops a number of substantive points—now implicitly, now overtly—which together provide a distinctive and penetrating interpretation of human experience. Simmel sees human experience as endlessly creative, multiply fragmented, inexorably conflictual, and most meaningful when in the service of individuality.

DEFINE: Briefly characterizes Simmel's interpretive framework of human experience.

Georg Simmel, on individuality and social…, loc. 86