Can today’s adolescent choose not to immerse himself in his body and the bodies of others, if he wants to feel he exists and to be recognized? In the 21st century, the hypermodern adolescent must run the risk of incarnating several bodies, in order to confront the necessity of constructing his own existence, which may endanger his identity.
Adolescence, 2014, 32, 2, 283-293.
The author investigates the outcome of identification work in the training of elite athletes, particularly in disciplines where the desired goal is to become a monetized object. This article situates the issue within a fetishistic economic context where the appropriation of the psychical body is still a great feat.
Adolescence, 2014, 32, 2, 273-281.
Between fetishizing a body that has become a gauge of the subject’s value, and maintaining play as a way to obtain narcissistic and libidinal satisfaction, sports have become a source of investment where the subject, the social and the political meet. Using the biography of Andre Agassi, the famous tennis player of the 1990’s, we will explore the different aspects of parental control – in this case, a father’s – of the psychical fate of a top athlete.
Adolescence, 2014, 32, 2, 259-272.