Essence and values ​​of extreme sports

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Teoriya i praktika fizicheskoy kultury №11 2017, pp.102-104

Dr.Sc.Philos, Professor A.I. Timofeyev2
PhD, Professor V.V. Kuznetsova1
PhD, Associate Professor A.I. Peshkov2, 3
1Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health, St. Petersburg
2St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, St. Petersburg
3Bonch-Bruevich Saint - Petersburg State University of Telecommunications, St. Petersburg

Objective of the article was to make an attempt to interpret values and senses of the modern extreme sports from the viewpoint of philosophic anthropology. We consider spontaneous extreme actions in sports as one of the ways to restore the individual meaningful integrity. Modern technocratic civilization often makes an individual increasingly perceive his/her own life as senseless; and it is via an internal purposeful extreme action that an athlete may come again to the once lost integrity, i.e. have the chance to rebuild his/her own identity. Since the internal personality fails to restore its integrity in the cognitive domain, it comes to integration in the contemplative and emotional experience domain. It should be noted that the modern extreme sports are fraught with certain social costs and one cannot do without them at this juncture. Extreme sports are getting increasingly popular and have evolved into a sort of social phenomenon to be reckoned with; therefore, efforts need to be taken to establish effective cooperation starting from at least an attempt to understand them.

Keywords: extreme sports, sense, values, individual integrity, freedom, emotional experience.

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