A corpo “libero”. Pratiche di bodybuilding, fitness e wellness tra razionalità e moralità

At the beginning of the twentieth century, western society faced relevant sociological questions, such as the birth of leisure time, the need to occupy it and to attribute to it sense and cardinal principles capable of guiding human actions. At the same time, an ongoing process of democratizing spor...

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Main Author: Eugenio Bagnini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SHARE Press 2020-09-01
Series:Eracle
Online Access:http://www.camerablu.unina.it/index.php/eracle/article/view/7192
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description At the beginning of the twentieth century, western society faced relevant sociological questions, such as the birth of leisure time, the need to occupy it and to attribute to it sense and cardinal principles capable of guiding human actions. At the same time, an ongoing process of democratizing sport and increasing individual physical activities began. This article seeks a fil rouge that can justify over time the choice of an individual physical activity, which requires autological motivation for the person to understand its meaning and to be able to practice it during leisure time. If around the mid-twentieth century the justificative principle of leisure and sporting practices such as bodybuilding was found in work morality and residues of taylorism and rational organization of work, in the second half of the twentieth century fun morality and health as a virtue attribute meaning and substance to fitness and wellness activities.
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spelling doaj.art-17bbe369a45a47c3883393817fb350412022-12-21T21:14:24ZengSHARE PressEracle2611-66932020-09-013110.6093/2611-6693/7192A corpo “libero”. Pratiche di bodybuilding, fitness e wellness tra razionalità e moralitàEugenio Bagnini0Università degli Studi di BolognaAt the beginning of the twentieth century, western society faced relevant sociological questions, such as the birth of leisure time, the need to occupy it and to attribute to it sense and cardinal principles capable of guiding human actions. At the same time, an ongoing process of democratizing sport and increasing individual physical activities began. This article seeks a fil rouge that can justify over time the choice of an individual physical activity, which requires autological motivation for the person to understand its meaning and to be able to practice it during leisure time. If around the mid-twentieth century the justificative principle of leisure and sporting practices such as bodybuilding was found in work morality and residues of taylorism and rational organization of work, in the second half of the twentieth century fun morality and health as a virtue attribute meaning and substance to fitness and wellness activities.http://www.camerablu.unina.it/index.php/eracle/article/view/7192
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