Philosophy of Sport:Critical Readings, Crucial Issues: Critical Readings, Crucial Issues
Language: English
Published by Pearson Education Limited, 2002
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For Philosophy of Sport and Ethics and Sports courses. This collection of essays on issues in philosophy of sport contains writings from sociological and psychological literature that has a philosophical slant. The anthology contains 44 essays on diverse and contemporary issues in sport from different perspectives. Each article addresses critical/topical issues and is accompanied by questions and exercises that invite critical discussion.
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- Title
- Philosophy of Sport:Critical Readings, Crucial Issues: Critical Readings, Crucial Issues
- Author
- M Andrew Holowchak
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0130941220
- ISBN 13
- 9780130941220
This user-friendly collection of essays on topical issues in philosophy of sport draws principally from philosophy, but contains some writings from sociological and psychological literature that has a philosophical slant. The anthology contains 44 essays on diverse and contemporary issues in sport from different perspectives. Each article addresses critical and topical issues such as “What is Sport?” “Are female athletes of the same rank as men?” “Is sport a species of art?” and each invites critical discussion. The essays address the following issues: the nature of the sport; aesthetics and sport; ethics and sport; sportspersonship; cheating; winning; violence; performance-enhancing drugs; epistemological issues in sport; sport and society; heroism; gender; race; pedagogy; and sport in society. For athletes and sports fans interested in the philosophy of sport.
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This anthology draws from philosophical, sociological, and psychological literature as it explores the philosophy of sport. The collected essays treat diverse and contemporary issues and inquire into questions such as: What is sport? Are female athletes of the same rank as men? Are many sports too violent? Should certain drugs be banned? Each essay is accompanied by questions and exercises that invite critical discussion.
Highlights of this anthology- Diverse, contemporary philosophical issues
- Summaries of each article and its arguments
- Questions, exercises, and comments following each article
- Illustrated with photos
- Glossary of key terms
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