Journals / Ilahiyat Studies / 2013 / Cilt: 4 - Sayı: 1
Modernization and the Reproduction of Everyday Life in Konya
- Journal
- Ilahiyat Studies
- Pages
- 65–88
- DOI
- —
Abstract
In this paper, modernity and the practices of everyday life are evaluated, selecting Konya as a case study. Everyday life reflects the norm of values, approaches, and actions that are brought into being in society in various ways. Konya constitutes a unique example for those who want to observe the continuity of Turkish modernism, because it is a city where modernity and desires for a traditional life meet in a paradoxical manner; it is a unique city in that it enables hybrid encounters of the modern and traditional to occur in everyday life practices. This study is an effort to under-stand how the attributes of the modern and the traditional shape everyday life, as well as to provide a discussion of its current problems.
Özet
In this paper, modernity and the practices of everyday life are evaluated, selecting Konya as a case study. Everyday life reflects the norm of values, approaches, and actions that are brought into being in society in various ways. Konya constitutes a unique example for those who want to observe the continuity of Turkish modernism, because it is a city where modernity and desires for a traditional life meet in a paradoxical manner; it is a unique city in that it enables hybrid encounters of the modern and traditional to occur in everyday life practices. This study is an effort to under-stand how the attributes of the modern and the traditional shape everyday life, as well as to provide a discussion of its current problems.