This paper presents a theoretical reflection about the meaning of the body-nature relation, taking Modernity as a context. The theoretical discussion proposed here is subsidized by the social theory, following the weberian thinking as a reference, where it concerns the view of Modernity. It uses Habermas to show that in modernity the shaped picture is built by means of breaches which occur as pathological consequences of the natural world; moment in which the man (body)-environment (nature) relation can be discussed. The recovery of the contribution of Habernas happened through the classic text Theory of the Communicative Action and the reading of Goldblatt in his book Social and Environment Theory. Besides these authors, others are used within this line of thought. However, attempting to dodge the instrumentalist view, Mauss was embraced as a basis, through the theory of the total social fact and the notion of body techniques, in order to find theoretical support for a possible justification of the perspective of interdisciplinary studies between the field of Social Sciences and Physical Education and, consequently, of the sport.
body; nature; modernity