Przeżycie sportowe a doświadczenie religijne. Elementy analizy
Abstract
The phenomenon of sport, especially its popularity and significance, strongly
marks the contemporary world. This text is an attempt to describe sports
experience (especially football) as a value for a fan experiencing it. It is not an
analysis of sport in the philosophical perspective usually concentrating on its
ethical or anthropological aspects. That is why the author analyses here,
among other things, its identity, aesthetic and egalitarian character, touching
upon such important phenomena as patriotic feelings in the context of sport,
its media dimension or the problems with stadium hooligans. Finally, to
emphasize the research problem outlined in this way, the author discusses
the thesis of striking similarities between sports experience and religious
experience formulated repeatedly in the present debate over contemporary
forms of global secularization.