Physical Education as a Subject in France (School Curriculum, Policies and Discourse): The Body and the Metaphors of the Engine--Elements Used in the Analysis of a Power and Control System during the Second Industrial Revolution

Jacques Gleyse (1) , Charles Pigeassou (2) , Anne Marcellini (2) , Eric de Léséleuc (2) , Gilles Bui-Xuân (2)

1 LIRDEF - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Didactique, Éducation et Formation
2 SantESiH - Santé, Education et Situations de Handicap

An analysis of several works by people who contributed greatly to the development of physical education in France from the middle of the nineteenth century to the 1960s enables us to pinpoint the rules underlying the specialized language used in this field and the metaphorical and mythological systems that were set up as systems of control over the body. Among these images, it is particularly interesting to examine how 'man' came to be seen in terms of a steam engine, then as a machine, and even more generally as a humanized form of 'productivity.

Mots clés: Metaphors; Body; Control System; Subject; Physical Education

Domaines: Education

Jacques Gleyse, Charles Pigeassou, Anne Marcellini, Eric de Léséleuc, Gilles Bui-Xuân. Physical Education as a Subject in France (School Curriculum, Policies and Discourse): The Body and the Metaphors of the Engine--Elements Used in the Analysis of a Power and Control System during the Second Industrial Revolution. Sport, Education and Society, 2002, 7 (1), pp.5-23. ⟨10.1080/13573320120113549⟩. ⟨hal-01334332⟩