Prendre le loisir au sérieux : les pratiques sportives des jeunes professionnels comme observatoire de l'individuation hypermoderne
This thesis explores the interface between the practices of leisure sport by professional elites in Quebec and recent developments in cognitive capitalism. Focusing on the recreational activities of the prestige elite (Coenen-Huther 2004) composed of university graduates starting their careers, referred to here as hypermodern young professionals (JPH), the study seeks to describe the relationship between the social space of serious leisure (Stebbins 1982) and changes in hypermodern lifestyles. This qualitative inquiry consists of life story interviews conducted among young professionals who are sports amateurs, and a participant observation carried out in Montreal in two Ultimate teams. This research takes a critical look at theories that advocate the emergence of a reflexive and independent individual who would be spared from any form of external normative constraints. Contrary to such an interpretation, the figurational approach developed by Norbert Elias (1991) is utilized to demonstrate how the interrelationships between JPH allow us to understand, relationally, the evolution of socialization processes specific to the “creative class” of post-industrial capitalism.
sport-loisir hypermodernity recreational sports young professionals reflexivity creative class