The aim of this article is to describe and define the two principal paradigms in French sociology of sport: sporting field theory inspired by Pierre Bourdieu, and critical theory of sport developed by Jean-Marie Brohm. In this way, the article presents the explanatory schemas of the two theories and propounds a reading of the two authors' conceptions of the world. Finally, three prospects for study would allow the sociological analysis of sport to be transcended and followed.
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