Sport and Violence: Rethinking Elias by Dominique Bodin Luc Robene

Author:Dominique Bodin, Luc Robene [Dominique Bodin, Luc Robene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780367077785
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2018-10-18T00:00:00+00:00

Questioning Rationality

Hooliganism should be considered from its diachronic dimension because, as at other levels such as the deterioration of certain boroughs, violence in schools or juvenile riots, the smallest event can have spiralling effects on the behaviour of hooligans.48

All this talk about violence is determinant. When related only to hooliganism what can be done about verbal violence if only a restrictive definition is maintained? What can be done about racist and xenophobic demonstrations if they do not lead to an actual attack? How can the place of women be discussed, as victims of violence, but at times also as its instigators, even though they do not participate in the physical confrontations?49 How can we take into account the organisation of groups of hooligans, their hierarchy and the promotion of individuals through their different levels? How can we talk about the collusion between management and supporters? And finally, how can we interpret hooliganism without trying to reveal the complex and subtle processes which have engendered it and encourage its functioning?

To ask these questions is also to ask about the rationality of the hooligans and consider what makes them adopt violent behaviour, leaving aside any idea of social determination, as their common point, we repeat, is not their social background but their recourse to violence.

In order to discuss the rationality of the hooligans, the focal point will be the transformation of the hooliganism ‘which bears the club colours’ into a more invisible hooliganism which certain authors refer to as ‘casual’ or ‘independent’; names which indicate that the ‘modern’ hooligan is no longer a supporter but another individual unrelated to football.

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