Herewith is expressed the profound relation between relativity and society, which is the most immediate demonstration of relativity in regard to the material of humanity: society is the supra-singular structure which is nonetheless not abstract. Through this concept historical life is spared the alternatives of having to run either in mere individuals or in abstract generalities. Society is the generality that has, simultaneously, concrete vitality.

DEFINE: Offers a conceptual definition of society as 'supra-singular' yet concrete — neither reducible to individuals nor merely an abstract universal.

Georg Simmel, on individuality and social…, loc. 274