Martial Arts as Economies of Violence and Ethical Learning Field

In both body technologies [Capoeira and Mixed Martial Arts], "violence" is stylized and aestheticized. The Martial Arts thus appear as laboratories in which harmful intentions are synthesized and made accessible and manageable through the process of aestheticization into styles. The civilization process satisfies the curiosity about "violence" at various levels by coding it within the framework of the socially possible with the physically feasible. The more pronounced the aestheticization of violence and the more it is removed from the actual harmful, painful experience, the more suitable it is for mass consumption and thus economically exploitable. ( Citation: Köhler 2017, S. 109f. Köhler, C. (2017). Ökonomie Der Gewalt Und Ethisches Lernfeld - Feldbericht Zur »Gewalt« in Den Capoeiras Und Mixed Martial Arts. InKörner, S. & Istas, L. (Eds.), Martial arts and society. Zur gesellschaftlichen bedeutung von kampfkunst, kampfsport und selbstverteidigung. (pp. 101–110). Feldhaus. Editino Czwalina. )

Author : Christian Köhler
Year   : 2017
Title  : "Martial Arts as Economies of Violence and Ethical Learning Field - Field Report on 'Violence' in Capoeira and Mixed Martial Arts
Pages: 101-110

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Editor    : Swen Körner and Leo Istas
Titel     : Martial Arts and Society. 
            Zur gesellschaftlichen Bedeutung von Kampfkunst, Kampfsport und Selbstverteidigung
Publisher : Feldhaus
Edition   : Czwalina
City      : Cologne
Publisher : Tectum/Nomos
ISBN      : 978-2-88020-657-1

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