Jean-Marie Brohm, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jean-Marie Brohm

French sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1940

Place of Birth: Mulhouse, Grand Est, France

Profession: historian, sociologist, anthropologist, philosopher, sport historian

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Jean-Marie Brohm

  • Jean-Marie Brohm is a French sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher, born December 14, 1940 in Mulhouse.
  • Professor of sociology at the University of Montpellier III, he was also the founder of the journal Quel Corps ?, member of the editorial staff of the monthly RĂ©pertoire and is actually director of the journal PrĂ©tentaine.
  • Brohm has written many books and is the leading proponent of the radical critique of sport in France. According to Brohm the "[....] critical theory of sport is founded on three principal axes: 1) Sport is not simply sport but a means of government, a means of pressure on public opinion and a mode of ideological framing of the populations and of parts of the youth, and this in all countries of the world, in totalitarian countries as well as in so called democratic countries.
  • This was noticeable during the big political events which were the Olympic Games in Moscow, the soccer championship in Argentina and, more recently, in France. 2) Sport has become a sector of accumulation of wealth, money, and therefore also of capital.
  • It attracts considerable amounts of money; I would even say today it is the most spectacular showcase of the globalized society of commodities.
  • Sport has become a key commodity of this society. 3) The last point, the ideological aspect properly speaking.
  • Sport constitutes a political body, a space of ideological investment in gestures and movements.
  • You can see this for example with Combat sports.
  • It’s also an ideological valorisation of efforts via asceticism, training, self-sacrifice; sport is presented as an ideological model.
  • Sport institutes a bodily order founded on the management of sexual drives and aggressive impulses; insofar as it seems that sport is a form of social appeasement, social integration, reducing violence, allowing fraternity; this type of discourse to me is a load of muddled illusions and mystifications.
  • We have therefore scrutinized sport starting from these three viewpoints: political, economical, and ideological."

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