TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heinich,Nathalie
TI  - The Quest for Excitement
PY  - 2015///.
							
N1  - 97
N2  - By talking of sports in terms of a ‘quest for excitement’, Norbert Elias opened a novel perspective on the question of catharsis by putting the accent not so much on the neutralisation of emotions as on their contrary, their activation, considered as a fundamental human need. While incongruous with respect to classic, rather rationalist and puritan approaches to spectacle, this proposition allows that we reconsider a wide variety of ludic practices and give meaning to their importance in our society
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-du-mauss-2015-2-page-77?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
ER  -