the body has been viewed as a ’natural’ phenomenon ─ a fixed, unchanging fact of nature. recently, however, it is also being seen as a part of culture in the sense that it can be socially defined in different ways.

social definitions of the body are grounded in social relations and influenced by those with the power to promote agreement about what should be considered ’natural’ when it comes to the body.
질문 )빨간색 부분의 글의 전개가 이해가 안가요 최근에는 신체가 사회적으로 정의된다라고 하면서
사회적인 정의는 무엇이 자연적인것으로 전개가 되야 하는지에 대해 동의를 이끌어 낼만한 힘을 가진이들에게 영향을 받는다라고 되어 있는데
신체를 고정불변의 자연적인 것으로 보는건 과거의 시각이라면서 최근의 사회적 정의에 왜 natural이 나오는지
이해가 안가네요
this new way of thinking about the body has challenged the traditional mind-body split that has characterized western thought since the time of plato.

it has also opened up new questions and issues in the sociology of sport. some people in the sociology of sport are now working with colleagues in other disciplines who share interests in the body.

in their work they are asking critical questions about how the body is trained, disciplined, and manipulated in sports and how some sport scientists are using technology to probe, monitor, test, evaluate, and rehabilitate the body as a performance machine.