AN INTERPRETATION OF THE BRAZILIAN LITERATURE ON DOPING IN SPORT

Abstract

In Brazil, as in many other countries, academic studies on doping in sport initially focused on medical, physiological and pharmacological aspects. However, recently, the scope of these studies has expanded considerably, with the emergence of research on sport doping in the fields of social sciences, public policy, and management. Although doping is widely recognized as one of the central themes in sport ethics, Brazilian literature on the topic from this perspective is still incipient and, to some extent, disconnected from international debates. This article applies Thomas Murray’s analytical framework for approaches to doping in the literature – specifically, the categories of antidoping, anti-antidoping, and pro-doping – with the aim of understanding the Brazilian academic literature on doping in sport.