Speed:Internal Colonization of Body and Social Reconstruction—A Reflection on Sports and Modernity under the Background of Social Acceleration
Through the lens of sociology of acceleration,we tried to understand the modernization process of sports by taking the situational representation of biological body and social one as clues.Firstly,the accelerating cycle of physical competitive pleasure drive and self-infinity,the external cultural engine of social independence of social mentality,initiative and merit,and the perception of logistics driven by constant adjustment between subject and object constitute the structural pattern of accelerating the existence of social sports in social space.Secondly,under excessive accelerating,the selective affinity between sports and technical prosthesis will intensify the inward colonization of the body and the racing revolution;facing the tyranny of time,it was difficult for individuals to e-liminate the narrative tension of sports and overwork,and eventually,the bodily activities will be presented in the space of speed nothingness,and the individual's self-existence will face more uncertainty.Thirdly,with the consequences of uncontrollable speed,it was necessary to take the initiative to slow down and critically reflect on the excessive racing logic that dominates the development of sports,namely,to establish a dynamic social stability mechanism with the idea of"adaptation"(Wei Yu),to carry out the thinking innovation of"live in peace",to construct a flexible competition mechanism in concept to restrain the acceleration tendency,and to balance the relationship between subject and object through the resonance of welfare policies in action.
sociology of accelerationmeritocratic societytechnical prosthesistyranny of timenothingness of speedsociology of physical activities