The Scientific View of Sport: Perspectives, Aspects, Issues

Baitsch, Helmut; Grupe, Ommo; Kurz, Dietrich; Teipel, Johannes Marcus, eds.

ISBN 10: 3540059938 / ISBN 13: 9783540059936

Published by Springer-Verlag, Berlin / New York, on behalf of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich, 1972., 1972

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8vo, hardcover. No dj. Good condition. Ex-lib copy, markings to opening pgs, rear pocket & spine label removed; covers lightly smudged, interior clean. vi, 288 p. Introduction in English, French, Russian and Spanish; issued also under title: Sport im Blickpunkt der Wissenschaften. Published in preparation for the Scientific Congress to be held in Munich on the occasion of the Olympic Games.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Scientific View of Sport: Perspectives, Aspects, Issues
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag, Berlin / New York, on behalf of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich, 1972.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540059938
• ISBN 13: 9783540059936
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

progress and happiness - however these terms may be understood in detail - as a significant and constitutive element of scientific inquiry. In this sense the question of the way in which sport really benefits people and contributes to their happiness, and under which individual and social conditions, is a scientific question. It assumes special significance when the fact is taken into account that in the field of sport science a general scepticism is shown towards those dogmas and pedagogical theses which take such an interpretation for granted in the absence of a firm empirical foundation and a critically evolved theory. Sport and Sport Science Sport and exercise, physical culture and education in sport (physical training), gymnastics and touring combined with some form of sport are-as the present report distinctly shows-all over the world among the most striking social phenom­ ena of today. At first sight they seem to be uncomplicated, clear and comprehensible for everybody; they stand for a type of solidarity which is independent of differences in ideological-political outlook, and sometimes exhibit an almost archaic intensity and attraction; they are supported by the active participation or at least the interest of very many people in many parts of the world and are endued with specific func­ tions, varying in importance, of a medical (therapeutical, prophylactic, rehabilitative), pedagogical, psychological and social character.