Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica (May 2019)

Modernity and the regulation of bodies: Elias meets Foucault

  • Carlos José Martins,
  • Jorge Andrés Jiménez Muñoz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1980-6574201900010003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 1

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ABSTRACT This article seeks to reflect on the possibility of a meeting ground where Michel Foucault and Norbert Elias’ thought comes together around the issue of the regulation of drives and bodily practices within modernity. Such drives - among which we highlight the use of force and violence, as well as the acceptable regulation of their release and applications - have been the object of particular procedures within the modern era, whether seen in relation to individuals or from to the social body.

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