Vol 8, No 1, 2009 pp. 105-114
UDC 316.7

PARADIGMS OF GAMES AND PLAYFULNESS THROUGH THE PRISM OF SERGEY KRAVCHENKO'S SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
Ljubiša Mitrović
Faculty of Philosophy, Niš, Republic of Serbia
E-mail: ljubisa@filfak.ni.ac.rs

The paper first discusses the various philosophical and sociological concepts of the phenomenon of game since ancient history to the modern age. It focuses especially on contemporary domestic and foreign sociologists' research related to the concept of game and the homo ludens. The central object of the author's analysis in this paper is the interpretation of the paradigm of playfulness as posited by the Russian sociologist Sergey Kravchenko, as well as place this paradigm occupies and the theoretical and methodological role it plays in contemporary sociology.
Key words: game, playfulness, homo ludens, Sergey Kravchenko, contemporary society.

PARADIGMA IGRE I IGRARIZACIJE KROZ PRIZMU SOCIOLOŠKE IMAGINACIJE SERGEJA KRAVČENKA
U radu autor najpre razmatra različite filozofske i sociološke koncepcije fenomena igre – od antike do modernog doba i savremenosti. U njegovom fokusu su posebno istraživanja savremenih sociologa, stranih i domaćih, o igri i homo ludensu. Centralni predmet autorovih istraživanja u ovom prilogu vezan je za interpretaciju paradigme igrarizacije, ruskog sociologa Sergeja Kravčenka, i njeno mesto i teorijsko-metodološka ulogu u savremenoj sociologiji.
Ključne reči: igra, igrarizacija, homo ludens, Sergej Kravčenko, savremeno društvo.