Futebol, Clãs e Nação

Este artigo busca realizar uma reflexão inicial sobre algumas questões referentes ao futebol no Brasil. Tentarei demonstrar como este esporte opera como uma forma de organização e classificação da realidade, através da divisão do mundo em times-clãs. Por fim, analiso a relação entre essa forma de classificação e a construção da nação brasileira. Meu objetivo é propor novas questões e enfoques para uma leitura sociológica do futebol no Brasil.

Dans cet article on examine certaines questions sur le football et la nation au Brésil. On cherche à montrer que le football agit comme une forme dorganisation et de classement de la réalité, par le biais dune répartition du monde en équipes-clans. Dans un cadre où le football va au-delà de la métaphore, on analyse les clubs comme des “clans”, en cherchant à les saisir comme des éléments dun univers particulier, où les personnes sont rangées selon leur affiliation à un club. Cet univers est un système de classement de la réalité qui opère sur le quotidien des gens, les rapprochant et rendant horizontale la verticalité des relations. On finit par examiner le rapport entre cette forme de classement et la construction de la nation brésilienne. Le but central du travail est de soulever des questions et approches nouvelles en vue dune lecture sociologique du football au Brésil.

In an exploration of aspects of soccer and nation in Brazil, the article demonstrates how soccer serves to organize and classify reality by dividing the world into clan-teams. Approaching soccer as more than a metaphor, the article analyzes soccer teams as clans that are parts of a specific universe, where people are divided according to their support for a given team. As a system for classifying reality within peoples day-to-day lives, this universe brings people together and transforms vertical relationships into horizontal ones. Lastly, the article analyzes the relation between this type of classification and the construction of the Brazilian nation. The main purpose is to propose new issues and approaches pertinent to a sociological reading of Brazilian soccer.