Abstract:
French scholar Michel Foucault is regarded by many as one of the most influential social theorists of contemporary times and his oeuvre is well recognised within sport sociology. In presenting a keynote address to delegates attending the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport annual conference, for example, Toby Miller (2010) rhetorically asked: ‘Is anyone here who is not a paid up member of the Foucault fan club?’ His question reflects the contemporary significance of Foucauldian theorising within sociological studies of sport but also the now seemingly conventional manner within which Foucault is drawn upon.