Forget Gareth Bale and Real Madrid, the biggest unveiling in football this year is Becksistentialism, a new philosophy inspired by David Beckham’s move to Paris.

加雷斯•貝爾和皇家馬德里都不算什么，今年足球界最引人矚目的事件是貝克漢姆存在主義，這是小貝移居巴黎啟發(fā)出來的一門新哲學。

Described by its creator, Cambridge professor Andy Martin, Becksistentialism is “existentialism, but with a very cool haircut.”

該哲學理論的創(chuàng)立者、劍橋大學教授安迪•馬丁對貝克漢姆存在主義的描述為“留著超酷發(fā)型的存在主義”。

Martin’s concept imagines what would happen if Beckham had been hit by a sudden existentialist crisis after encountering the views of Sartre, Proust and Camus in Paris’ intellectual scene, following his transfer to Paris Saint-Germain. The lecture, to be given at Cambridge University’s Festival of Ideas, is based on Dr Martin’s blog: "Becks in Paris".

馬丁的這一理論概念基于對貝克漢姆轉會至巴黎圣日耳曼隊后狀況的一番假設：假如他突然受到薩特、普魯斯特、加繆等法國存在主義大師啟發(fā)，并遭遇個人存在危機，他會怎么辦？這場有關貝克漢姆存在主義的講座將在劍橋大學的構想節(jié)期間舉行，講座內容以馬丁博士的博客“小貝在巴黎”為基本素材。

The blog is based on real and fictional events and characters and imagines Beckham forced to puzzle over the meaning of existence as he plays for PSG. In one entry Beckham realizes: "A saviour. Yes, that’s what I wanted to be. What I still could be. It is not enough to be a great footballer. I have to go and save the world. To spread the gospel of football." (Source: The Independent)

馬丁博士的博客文章既有真實的人物和事件，也有部分是虛構的。博客文章假設貝克漢姆在巴黎圣日耳曼隊踢球的同時試圖尋找存在的意義。其中一篇文章說貝克漢姆意識到：“是的，我要當一名拯救者。這是我能夠做到的。僅僅做一名優(yōu)秀的足球運動員是不夠的。我還得拯救全世界，向全世界傳播足球的福音�！�