Sculpting the ideal body: A narrative analysis of the body profile craze in South Korea using Honneth's pathologies of recognition
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Published online on August 28, 2025
Abstract
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Volume 61, Issue 5, Page 1224-1242, August 2026.
This study critically examines the distorted social values associated with the widespread “body sculpting” trend in South Korea using Axel Honneth's concept of pathologies of recognition as an analytical framework. To this end, it conducted a narrative ...
This study critically examines the distorted social values associated with the widespread “body sculpting” trend in South Korea using Axel Honneth's concept of pathologies of recognition as an analytical framework. To this end, it conducted a narrative ...