Studia Filologiczne UJK

Summary

The purpose of this paper is to specify selected symptoms of the value crisis in physical culture, manifested in deviant behaviours in the contemporary sports environment. An analysis of the sports press and popular pieces of sports literature allowed drawing the conclusion that contemporary sports is degraded to the greatest extent by doping. Furthermore, corruption and politics, especially of authoritarian and totalitarian states, racism and various forms of violence, especially sexual violence are contributing to the dehumanisation of sports. The paper also describes attempts of counteracting harmful phenomena in sports and their effects for improving the image of sports.