György Lukács and Brazilian Physical Education: mediations from aesthetics
The objective of this thesis was to understand how György Lukács’ aesthetic studies contribute to the debate that Physical Education has been carrying out on aesthetics. In this direction we systematize the central categories of Lukács’ aesthetic studies – particularity, mimesis, catharsis, every life, aesthetic reflection – to understand the educational character of artistic objectifications in evoking genuine human feelings and providing knowledge about life. Next, we analyze the production of konwledge that Physical Education develops about aesthetics. And we built mediations os the discussion of Lukács’ aesthetic studies with Brazilian Physical Education. This was a theoretical work that used the bibliographics research technique. As a result os first approximations, we point out that Lukács’ aesthetic studies presente critical contributions to the debate on aesthetics in Physical Education, which área should be concerned with: a) the development of self-awareness of the human race; b) the elevation of subjectivity developed in everyday life; c) omnilateral training; d) the education of the human senses through the body and the construction of spaces for appreciation and enjoyment; e) the logical-historical method of knowledge with na emphasis on particularity; f) the construction of spaces to affirm the creative capacity of human beings. And that Lukács’ ontological-genetic method could be a tool for studying the genesis and structure of each elemento of body culture, in the sense of allowing na approach to its particularities and the knowledge accumulated by humanity. In addition to enabling deeper insights into the objects of Physical Education studies in order to be problematized based on the problematic cycle of the pleasant, bringing body culture close to the debate on aesthetic and pseudo-aesthetic objets discussed by Lukács, to locate what are the manifestations and forms of the elements of body culture that allows subjetcs to overcome their private singularity through the effect of catharsis, or even, those that are linked only to the sphere os the pleasant, with the aim of contributing to the fight against aliention.