ABSTRACT
Every being produces multiple affects and we are connected through these affects, rather than a strictly knowable chain of causality. Spinoza introduces this concept and includes emotions within his theory, or what he calls ‘passion,’ among which he counts joy, sadness, and desire. All beings are somehow linked to each other through a network of affects. The things we do and say have affects on others, which work in their own contexts. In the sporting field, the things athletes do and say have their own affects. The chapter will discuss both the individual and the collective dimensions of emotions in sport.
