Deleuze and the Physically Active Body

ISBN-13: 9781138676732 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 186 str.

Pirkko Markula

Opis

Alongside the general interest in Deleuze's work within the social sciences, there is a burgeoning body of Deleuzian-inspired works on physical activity mainly within the sociology of sport. This volume provides a comprehensive reading of Deleuze's rhizomatic philosophy as it pertains to the study of the physically active body, exploring theoretical and practical examples of how the physically active body can be examined as a material, social, political, and cultural entity using a Deleuzian perspective, and showing--guided by a Deleuzian perspective--ways of investigating the physically active body as an agent for social change.

Spis treści

Introduction,  1. The Strata: The Formation of Thought within a Capitalist System,  2. The Assemblage: Sport, Exercise and Dance as Cultural Arrangements,  3. The Rhizome: Researching the Physically Active Body from a Deleuzian Perspective,  4. The Body without Organs: A Purely Intensive Body,  5. Becoming: Beyond Identity Politics,  6. Affect: Understanding Force,  7. Connecting: Deleuze on Foucault,  8. Topology of Deterritorialization: Deleuzian Approach to the Moving Body and Social Change

O autorze

Pirkko Markula is Professor of Socio-cultural Studies of Physical Activity at the University of Alberta, Canada. Her research interests include social analyses of dance, exercise, and sport in which she has employed several theoretical lenses ranging from critical, cultural studies research to Foucault and Deleuze. She is also a contemporary dancer and choreographer.