Doping as a Manifestation of a Narcissistic Civilization
- Over every and each sport event, a dark veil spreads and obfuscates the celebration: doping. Although anti-doping policies have been widely applied, controlling and diminishing this phenomenon has not been achieved yet and the use of doping is commonplace. In this article, I propose the concept of narcissistic civilization as a tool to interpret this phenomenon. I seek for a parallel reading between the Freudian idea of narcissism and its extension to social narcissism by Fromm, together with Heidegger’s analysis of technology, keeping in mind that doping is a technological application. In this way I point out that both theories share a common view in that humans tend to fail in the distinction between the external reality as an object and their own self as the interpreter that is between the >I< and the >not I<. By making this fusion of the two theories that originate from different intellectual traditions, I aspire to provide an interpretation tool for the broad use of doping: I conclude that doping can be understood with the assumption of a narcissistic civilization, focused on technology that calls for the use of PEDs.
Author: | Konstantinos Dedousis |
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Parent Title (English): | Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2021), pp. 88-102. [ Online ISSN: 1751-133X] [doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2019.1638960] |
Document Type: | Articles |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 2021 |
Release Date: | 2024/04/04 |
Format: | to purchase via publisher |
IdNo: | Dedousis_K_2021 |
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature): | Articles / Artikel |
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