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Šport, biopolitika in kritika politične ekonomije
Journal Title Ars & Humanitas: Journal of Arts and Humanities
Journal Abbreviation arshumanitas
Publisher Group University of Ljubljana
Website http://revije.ff.uni-lj.si
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Title Šport, biopolitika in kritika politične ekonomije
Authors Đorđević, Tamara ; Gačević, Milorad
Abstract In this text we tried to point out the relationship between labour and biopolitical mechanisms of power in the context of the current situation in elite sport. In the first part we present developments inside left-oriented theories of sport, especially the need for critical research based on specific aspects of criticism of political economy. We then review brief the current situation in contemporary sport, mainly about parallel evolution of the capitalist commodification of sport and the emergence of the application of biopolitically directed practices, where we have tried to implement a short overview of Foucault’s concepts in the field of sport studies. The third part deals with the connection between Paolo Virno’s biopolitical studies and Marx’s labour power. In conclusion, we raise the possibility of applying Virno’s settings to treat sport practice in the context of its appropriation by capitalism, characterised by the intensification of strategies and techniques for controlling sportsman life. According to Virno’s settings we have tried to show influence to a life of sportsman in the aim of bio-potency, the ability/power to produce a labour force, while this force is treated like labour exchanged in the market in the context of capitalist commodification of modern sport.
Publisher Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakulte / Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts
Date 1970-01-01
Source Ars & Humanitas: Revija za umetnost in humanistiko Vol 6, No 1 (2012)
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