Sport, Body and Corporeality between Weltanschauung and 20th Century Ideologies

The human body during the sport gesture stages performances that cannot be reproduced on the stage, making the audience experience them directly: the speed of the body, the physical power of the action, dexterity, gestures that possess a powerful symbolic-evocative force that is communicated in an instant. The ring becomes a stage where principles and values are transferred and shown, in a more subtle, less authoritarian and easily socially acceptable way. Emil Brunner added to the list of political ideologies the practice of sport by which a type of state, science, art, economy and social order is highlighted; sport creates a specific Weltanschauung for society. A full understanding of the dynamics of sport and its potential can contribute to the construction of a less conflictual society.