You are on the right track.
I think a good place for you to
start answering your own question is
in the Sociology of the Absurd, in the chapter
on Adventures.
Lyman and Scott argue "without risk,
there can be no adventure." IS this where
Simmel's tension lies? In the risk?
Jon
>I guess I'll start the ball rollong this week. I was reading Gearg
>SImmel's "The Adventure." I have a few questions:
>
>What does he mean by "[Experiences] become adventure only by virtue of a
>certain experiential tension whereby their substance is realized
>(253)?" What is the experiental tension?
>
>Another question: I understand that things to a youth are newer and have
>a greater potential for becoming adventure, but it appears to me that
>he's saying that once you reach "old age" you n longer adventure. Any
>thoughts?
>
>If we aren't supposed to be reading this and writing our papers this
>week, could someone let me know? Thanks betz
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