| 英文摘要 |
Through literature review, this article investigates the origin and the development of sociology of sport, along with the progress of relevant theories of the field, and further tries to sum up the main issues so as to make understanding of the subject from different perspectives. As this article suggests, sociology of sport emerged in the twentieth century, the theory application and development of which were deeply influenced by some of the pioneers from the field of sociology. As for research issues, this article concludes that there are at least 13 categories of main issues, including “sociology of sport and sociological theories”, “sport and history”, “sport and youth”, “sport and socialization”, “sport and deviation”, “sport and gender”, “sport and ethnicity”, “sport and social class”, “sport and economy”, “sport and media”, “sport, politics and power”, “sport and education”, “sport and religion”. Different from the development of sociology of sport internationally, the early development of sociology of sport in Taiwan was influenced by returning scholars from Japan in the field, whose leading was then taken over by those coming back from the U.S. or European countries, as well as some of the local scholars. Additionally, main journals in the field of sport in Taiwan accept articles of sociology of sport mostly under topics of “sport and socialization”, “sport and gender”, and “sport, politics and power”. Finally, according to some of the world famous scholars’ observation and the current conditions of Taiwan, both international sociology of sport and sociology of sport in Taiwan are facing challenges from natural sciences, mainstream sociology and sociology of sport itself. Reviewing the development of sociology of sport internationally and reflecting on Taiwan, this article suggests that sociology of sport in Taiwan should start from tackling the challenge from the subject itself. Steps such as attracting talented scholars from either sociology or other fields, improving research quality, expanding research scope as well as enhancing the application and development of theories are suggested to be taken so as to avoid the double marginalization dilemma. |
