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Sport and Violence: Rethinking Elias

192 Pages

by Routledge

190 Pages

by Routledge

172 Pages

by Routledge

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The aim of this book, in discussing Elias’s theory, is not to refute it. Tendentiously, the theory works with its weaknesses and strong points and it has been enriched by a number of authors over time. The objective of this volume is to discuss the blind spots and, more simply, what is too often taken for granted: namely the obvious pacifying effect of sports and/or produced by sports. This... Read more

Introduction
Dominique Bodin and Luc Robéne

1. Sport and Civilisation: Violence Mastered. From the Lack of a Definition for Violence to the Illusory Pacifying Role of Modern Sports
Dominique Bodin and Luc Robène

2. Sports and Violence Reflected in the Mirror of Modern Societies: Sport Ambiguities
Luc Robène and Dominique Bodin

3. Role Distance in Question: When it is No Longer Participating But Winning Which is Important
Luc Robène and Dominique Bodin

4. Sport to the Rescue of the Suburbs: Sport to Educate? Sport to Reassure? When Politicians Respond to the Signs of Disturbance of Law and Order
Dominique Bodin and Luc Robène

5. Hooligans, Casuals, Independents: Decivilisation or Rationalisation of the Activity?
Dominique Bodin and Luc Robène

6. Sport, Technique and Violence: The Technical Modes for Generating Sport Violence
Luc Robène and Dominique Bodin

7. Sport, Prison, Violence: On Imprisonment and Confinement Conditions – ‘French Prison Sport’ and the Instruments of the World’s Good Conscience
Luc Robène and Dominique Bodin

8. Sport and Civilisation: Violence Mastered? From Civilising Functions to Pacifying Functions
Dominique Bodin and Luc Robène