ABSTRACT

This volume examines Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy as it relates to the study of the physically active body. It explores 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.

Examining topics such as, the formation of thought within a capitalist system; sport, exercise, and dance as cultural arrangements; researching the physically active body from a Deleuzian perspective; and Deleuze on Foucault, this book shows ways of investigating the moving body as an agent for initiating social change.

This is fascinating reading for students and researchers working in the fields of the Sociology of Sport, Sport and Politics, and Sport and Social Theory.

chapter |17 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|21 pages

The Strata

The Formation of Thought within a Capitalist System

chapter 2|23 pages

The Assemblage

Sport, Exercise, and Dance as Cultural Arrangements

chapter 3|21 pages

The Rhizome

Researching the Physically Active Body from a Deleuzian Perspective

chapter 4|21 pages

The Body without Organs

A Purely Intensive Body

chapter 5|20 pages

Becoming

Beyond Identity Politics

chapter 6|24 pages

Affect

Understanding Force

chapter 7|21 pages

Connecting

Deleuze on Foucault

chapter 8|13 pages

Topology of Deterritorialization

Deleuzian Approach to the Moving Body and Social Change