The eternal conflict between established form and the needs of the ongoing life process forms the topic for part VI. This theme above all others preoccupied Simmel during his last years. It is examined here in three areas—in social relations, metaphysics, and modern cultures—analyses which anticipate our contemporary concerns with the opposition between structure and antistructure.

DEFINE: Identifies Simmel's core theme: the tension between established form and the ongoing life process, explored across social relations, metaphysics, and modern cultures.

XREF: Connects to modern sociological theory on structure vs. antistructure — echoes Victor Turner's concept of liminality and anti-structure.

Georg Simmel, on individuality and social…, loc. 159