{"title":"Abjection in sports: An ethical approach","authors":"Kutte Jönsson","doi":"10.1057/s41282-023-00391-8","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In her essay Powers of Horror , Julia Kristeva investigates the concept of abjection. Essentially, the term means “the state of being cast off” and according to Kristeva it is a feeling of disgust, filth and humiliation, things we tend to reject for becoming subjects and protecting identities. But as I will argue here, by rejecting athletes who dissolve the culturally strict boundaries in sports, the sports organizations become abjects themselves, and consequently evade moral responsibility.","PeriodicalId":359157,"journal":{"name":"Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society","volume":"208 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41282-023-00391-8","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract In her essay Powers of Horror , Julia Kristeva investigates the concept of abjection. Essentially, the term means “the state of being cast off” and according to Kristeva it is a feeling of disgust, filth and humiliation, things we tend to reject for becoming subjects and protecting identities. But as I will argue here, by rejecting athletes who dissolve the culturally strict boundaries in sports, the sports organizations become abjects themselves, and consequently evade moral responsibility.
Julia Kristeva在她的文章《恐怖的力量》中探讨了“落魄”的概念。从本质上讲,这个词的意思是“被抛弃的状态”,根据Kristeva的说法,这是一种厌恶、肮脏和羞辱的感觉,是我们倾向于拒绝成为主体和保护身份的东西。但是,正如我将在这里论证的那样,通过拒绝那些打破体育文化严格界限的运动员,体育组织本身就成了贱民,从而逃避了道德责任。