Body Fascism : Salvation in the Technology of Physical Fitness /

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"Body Fascism views technology not simply as a tool for other projects, but as a project itself, producing its own realities, which Pronger argues are ultimately nihilistic. Indeed, he finds disquieting parallels between what technology has done to the environment and what it is doing to the bo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pronger, Brian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Exploitatie.
Menselijk lichaam.
Technologie.
Conditietraining.
Sportpsychologie.
Sportsociologie.
Wertorientierung
Körperbild
Fitness
Soziologie
Körperliche Leistungsfähigkeit
Physical fitness > Social aspects.
Human body > Social aspects.
PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Sociology of Sports.
Corps humain > Aspect social.
Condition physique > Aspect social.
Industriestaaten
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Theory of science: practice, power, consensus
  • Theory of the body: technology, puissance, pouvoir
  • The texts of the technology of physical fitness
  • Writing the fascist body: description, inscription, prescription.

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