In social games players perform the very structure of society itself
Evidence
The social game has a deeper double meaning—that it is played not only in a society as its outward bearer but that with its help people actually “play” “society.” — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 379
Categorization
- DEFINE: Crystallizes sociability’s self-referential ‘double meaning’ — playing the game of society within society — a compact formulation for the essay.
- XREF: connects to: Urban identity games range from high-stakes passing to low-stakes pretending; Sociability among equals is an artificial stylized game, not a return to natural self — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 378; A set of individuals can be society to varying degrees. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 51 (+10 more)
Related
- Games let people play with the forms of sociability itself (similarity 0.88)
- Social games are society played as a self-contained form. (similarity 0.88)
- Sociability among equals is an artificial stylized game, not a return to natural self (similarity 0.86)
- A set of individuals can be society to varying degrees. (similarity 0.85)
- Urban identity games range from high-stakes passing to low-stakes pretending (similarity 0.83)
- Clubs dissolve the individual-versus-state binary into an intermediate structure (similarity 0.81)
- Organized games fused power with national identity in Greece and Britain (similarity 0.80)
- Bureaucracy is a stylized model of society’s positional structure (similarity 0.80)
- Identical interaction forms recur across radically different social groups (similarity 0.80)
- Crowds arouse sub-individual instincts while organized groups transcend individuals (similarity 0.79)
- Any social group can act as individual or aggregate depending on its relational frame. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- A set of individuals can be society to varying degrees.
#expands(0.70) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 51 - Organized games fused power with national identity in Greece and Britain
#exemplifies(0.65) - Crowds arouse sub-individual instincts while organized groups transcend individuals
#complicates(0.60) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 345 - Bureaucracy is a stylized model of society’s positional structure
#exemplifies(0.60) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 189 - Identical interaction forms recur across radically different social groups
#expands(0.55) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 198