Not every type of contact of human beings has a social character; this is rather confined to cases where the actor’s behavior is meaningfully oriented to that of others.[Nicht jede Art von Berührung von Menschen ist sozialen Charakters, sondern nur ein sinnhaft am Verhalten des andern orientiertes eignes Verhalten.]
Source:Economy and Society (1922) (University of California Press, ed. 1978), Volume I, Part I. Conceptual Exposition, Chapter I. Basic Sociological Terms, Page 23
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