Research Catalog

Title

Bloomsbury companion to the philosophy of sport / Cesar R. Torres.

Publication

London : Bloomsbury, 2014.

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Additional Authors

• Torres, César R.
• Torres, César R.

Description

ix, 470 pages : 3 illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Sport features specially commissioned essays from a team of leading international scholars. The book, by providing an overview of the advances in the philosophical understanding of sport (and related practices), serves as a measure of the development of the philosophy of sport but it also constitutes an expression of the discipline's state of the art. The book includes a critical analysis of the historical development of philosophic ideas about sport, three essays on the research methods typically used by sport philosophers, twelve essays that addr.

Series Statement

Bloomsbury companions

Uniform Title

Bloomsbury companions.

Alternative Title

Philosophy of sport

Subject

• Sports > Philosophy
• Sportphilosophie
• Forschung

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Cesar R. Torres -- Part I: History and Development. A History of Philosophic Ideas about Sport / David Lunt and Mark Dyreson -- Part II: Research Methodology. The Philosophy of Sport and Analytic Philosophy / Scott Kretchmar -- The Philosophy of Sport and Continental Philosophy / Vegard Fusche Moe -- The Philosophy of Sport, Eastern Philosophy and Pragmatism / Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza, Koyo Fukasawa and Mizuho Takemura -- Part III: Current Research and Key Issues. Theories of Sport / Robert L. Simon -- Fairness and Justice in Sport / Sigmund Loland -- The Ethics of Enhancing Performance / Sarah Teetzel -- Disability and Sport / Carwyn Jones -- Sport, Risk and Danger / Leslie A. Howe -- Sport and the Environment : Ecosophical and Metanoetical Intersections / Ron Welters -- The Aesthetics of Sport / Stephen Mumford -- Sporting Knowledge / Gunnar Breivik -- Sport and Ideology / Lamartine P. DaCosta -- Competitive Sport, Moral Development and Peace / J.S. Russell -- Sport, Spirituality and Religion / Simon Robinson -- Sport and Violence / Danny Rosenberg -- Part IV: Future Developments. Sport and Technological Development / Alun Hardman -- Conceivable Horizons of Equality in Sport / Pam R. Sailors -- 'Spoiled Sports' : Markets and the Corruption of Sport / William J. Morgan -- Sport Philosophy around the World / Peter M. Hopsicker and Ivo Jirásek -- Part V: Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts -- Part VI: Resources and Careers. Resource Guide / Emily Ryall -- Careers / Charlene Weaving -- Part VII: The Literature. The Sport Philosophy Literature: Foundations, Evolutions and Annotations / Tim Elcombe, Douglas Hochstetler and Douglas W. McLaughlin.

ISBN

• 9781408182574 (hbk.)
• 1408182572 (hbk.)

OCLC

• 875151602
• SCSB-11063295

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library