Philosophic Inquiry in Sport (Hardcover)

~ William J. Morgan (Author), Klaus V. Meier (Editor)

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Designed for both undergraduate and graduate courses, "Philosophic Inquiry in Sport" is a combination of 56 classic and contemporary essays that strike a balance between analytical, existential, and phenomenological perspectives. Topics covered range from the definition of games to the relationship of body and soul, play and beauty, and sport and political authority.

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• Hardcover: 560 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Pub (September 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873221192
• ISBN-13: 978-0873221191
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,498,308 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Compilation on Sport Philosophy, May 7, 2007

By	Hanie E. Cole III "HC3" (Chocowinity, North Carolina United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Table Of contents

Part 1 The Nature of Sport, Play, and Game.

The nature of play
The structure and classification of games
Words on Play
Sport and play: Suspension of the ordinary
The elements of sport
A critique of Mr. Suits definition of game playing
On McBride on the definition of games
The ethos of games
Bibliography for the nature of sport, Play, and games

Part 2 Sport and Embodiment

The separation of body and soul
The real distinction between mind and body of man
The challenge of the body
Embodiment, Sport, and meaning
The body
If I am my body
The lived body as a phenomenological Datum
The symbolism of the healthy body; A philosophic analysis of the sprotive imagery of health.
Orchids and muscles
Bibliography for sport and embodiment

Part 3 Sport, Play, and Metaphysics

The ontology of Play
Taking play seriously
Play and sport
Play aand possibility
Man and sport
An affair of flutes: An appreciation of Play
Bibliography for Sport, play, and Metaphysics

Part 4 Sport and Ethics
(Competition, sportsmanship, Cheating and Failure)
From Test to Contest: An analysis of two kinds of counterpoint in sport.
Competition and friendship
Sportsmanship as a moral category
Sportsmanship
Deception, Sportsmanship, and Ethics
Why the good foul is not good
Some reflections on success and failure in competitive athletics
Cheating and fair play in sport
Can cheaters play the game?

(Drugs and Sport)
Good competition and drug-enhanced performance
Paternalism, drugs, and the nature of sports
Blood doping and athletic competition
Provacy and the urinalysis testing of athletes
Sport and the technological image of man

(Women and Sport)
Sex equality in sports
The exclusion of women from sport: Conceptual and existential dimensions
Women, sex, and sports
Human equality in sports
Women and masculine sports
Bibliography for sport and ethics

Part 5 Sport and Social-Political Philosophy
The sportive origin of the state
New patterns in social relations
Toward a social philosophy of acheivement and athletics
The degradation of sport
Play, Utopia, and dystopia: Prologue to a ludic Theory of the state
Hegemony and sport
Bibliography for sport an social-political philosophy

Part 6 Sport and Aesthetics
Play and beauty
Sport--The body electric
The aesthetic in sport
Sport, art, and particularity: The best equivocation
Beauty, Sport, and Gender
A commentary on jan Boxhill's "Beauty, Sport, and Gender"
Context and intention in sport and art
Sport is not Art
Bibliography for sport and aesthetics