SPORT FANS AS A COMMUNITY OF THE INVISIBLE RELIGION (Kibice jako wspólnota niewidzialnej religii)

• Authors: Antonowicz Dominik , Wrzesinski Lukasz
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The articles explores the social phenomenon of sport fandom. Contrary to traditional approaches it offers a different perspective of analysis. It applies Thomas Luckmann's concept of invisible religion in order to provide better insight into the community of fans of sport clubs. The authors identify the idea of a sport club, its crest, unique colors and tradition as a form of postmodern sacrum. In our times this untraditional form of sacrum gathers new type of believers - fans of sport clubs. The goal of the paper is (a) to present fans as communities of the invisible religion that would provide evidence on the relocation of sacrum outside traditional structure of institutional religion; and (b) to make a typology of fans based on degree of their 'faith' and a form of participation in the community of invisible religion. Completing both tasks would help understand the social phenomenon of sport fandom and its undergoing transformation under the pressure of commercialized sport.

Keywords

EN

FANS; INVISIBLE RELIGION; LUCKMANN THOMAS; POSTMODERNITY; SPECTATORS

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Socjologiczne
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 1(192)
• Pages: 115-149
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Antonowicz Dominik

author

Wrzesinski Lukasz

• Dominik Antonowicz, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Instytut Socjologii, ul. Mickiewicza 121, 87-100 Torun, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA066128