Research Article

An Evaluation of the Relationship Between Street Games and Social Self in the Context of Modernity

Volume: 12 Number: 23 July 28, 2025
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An Evaluation of the Relationship Between Street Games and Social Self in the Context of Modernity

Abstract

Social self formation is one of the important issues emphasised in socialisation processes. It is important to emphasise each factor affecting the social self of individuals. This article draws attention to the importance of street games, which have a great influence on the formation of social self and to evaluate the relationship between street games and social self which shape today’s sociality, in the context of modernity. In the article, the effects of the phenomenon of modernity, which is the subject of many researches and discussions, ranging from urban architecture to street games are emphasised. In addition, the relationship between social self-formation and street games was tried to be explained through some concrete game examples. The article, which utilises the descriptive and comparative designs of the qualitative method, is among the studies that can be classified as both theoretical and pragmatic in terms of its subject. The fact that it draws attention to the problems encountered by Turkish society in transferring and internalising certain values, knowledge and practices through the relationship between social self and street games makes the article different from other studies in the field. In the creation of the conceptual basis of the article, especially in establishing the relationship between social self and play, the thoughts of G. H. Mead and J. Huizinga in the context of playful human beings were used. In the article, it is concluded that street games, which contribute to the construction of elements such as social self, character education and value transfer in the traditional social structure, are negatively affected by the processes experienced with modernity and their level of influence has weakened. It is emphasised that these issues should also be taken into consideration in studies on today’s games.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Religious Studies (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

July 2, 2025

Publication Date

July 28, 2025

Submission Date

March 11, 2025

Acceptance Date

June 18, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 12 Number: 23

ISNAD
Özdemir, Mustafa. “MODERNİTE BAĞLAMINDA SOKAK OYUNLARI VE SOSYAL BENLİK İLİŞKİSİ ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME”. Mütefekkir 12/23 (July 1, 2025): 184-207. https://izlik.org/JA77KR45RA.