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Talking a good game : inquiries into the principles of sport

Title
Talking a good game : inquiries into the principles of sport / Spencer K. Wertz.
Author
Wertz, Spencer K.
Publication
Dallas : Southern Methodist University Press, 1991.

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Description
x, 275 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Sports > Philosophy
  • Sports > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Sports in art
  • Sports in art
  • Sports > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Sports > Philosophy
  • Sportphilosophie
  • Ethik
  • Sport
  • Sport
  • Filosofie
  • Ethische aspecten
  • Moraal
  • Esportes (filosofia)
  • Esportes (aspectos morais e éticos)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Philosophy of sport: the three traditions -- The nature of sport: three conceptions -- The varieties of cheating -- The preservation of sport -- Zen and yoga in sport -- Is "choking" an action? -- The knowing in playing -- Representation and expression in sport and art -- The textuality of sport: a semiotic analysis.
ISBN
  • 0870743201
  • 9780870743207
  • 087074321X
  • 9780870743214
LCCN
90053579
OCLC
  • ocm23082764
  • 23082764
  • SCSB-1940175
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library