Dufrenne aesthetic experience sport competitive perception
Issue Date:
Feb-2012
Abstract:
This paper aims to define what competitive perception is. Using Dufrenne’s phenomenological
analysis of the art spectator’s experience, namely the concept of aesthetic perception, I will claim
that it is useful to apply this phenomenological approach to the experience of watching sport
events. I will argue that the concepts of uncertainty and auto teleology, being two main features
in sport competition, are helpful to define competitive perception.