Social significance of sport in modern society
Abstract
This article analyzes the social and humanistic value of sport as a key component of modern society. It is noted that the sport is a complex social system that can simultaneously be characterized as autonomous, but at the same time integrated into modern society and to work closely with him. Sports covers such areas of public life such as politics, education, science, technology, the economy, education, arts and recreation . Studied the phenomenon for a long time is one of the determining factors and methods of socialization and education of new generations, the formation of values and lifestyle. The main feature is the organization of sports humane nature of competition in the artificial conditions using symbolic boundaries and symbolic objects. This practice of spot discourse spawned the phenomenon of sports culture. Social problems of sports activities can be quite different. These differences are consequences of certain sports practices focus on different target audiences
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