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Defining Sport : Conceptions and Borderlines.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Philosophy of Sport SeriesPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (279 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498511582
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Defining SportDDC classification:
  • 306.483
LOC classification:
  • GV706.5.D445 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 CONCEPTIONS OF SPORT -- Chapter 1 A Three-Pointer -- Chapter 2 Broad Internalism and Interpretation -- Chapter 3 Hopscotch Dreams -- Chapter 4 Defining Olympic Sport -- Chapter 5 Early Modern Athletic Contests -- Chapter 6 The Impact of Mass Media on the Definition of Sport -- Part 2 BORDERLINE CASES -- Chapter 7 Borderline Cases -- Chapter 8 Evolution of the Action Sports Setting -- Chapter 9 Skateboarding, Sport, and Spontaneity -- Chapter 10 Bullfighting -- Chapter 11 Why Some Animal Sports Are Not Sports -- Chapter 12 The Mainstreaming of Fantasy Sport -- Chapter 13 E-sport -- References -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Summary: This book examines influential conceptions of sport and then analyses the interplay of challenging borderline cases with the standard definitions of sport. It is meant to inspire more thought and debate on just what sport is, how it relates to other activities and human endeavors, and what we can learn about ourselves by studying sport.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 CONCEPTIONS OF SPORT -- Chapter 1 A Three-Pointer -- Chapter 2 Broad Internalism and Interpretation -- Chapter 3 Hopscotch Dreams -- Chapter 4 Defining Olympic Sport -- Chapter 5 Early Modern Athletic Contests -- Chapter 6 The Impact of Mass Media on the Definition of Sport -- Part 2 BORDERLINE CASES -- Chapter 7 Borderline Cases -- Chapter 8 Evolution of the Action Sports Setting -- Chapter 9 Skateboarding, Sport, and Spontaneity -- Chapter 10 Bullfighting -- Chapter 11 Why Some Animal Sports Are Not Sports -- Chapter 12 The Mainstreaming of Fantasy Sport -- Chapter 13 E-sport -- References -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This book examines influential conceptions of sport and then analyses the interplay of challenging borderline cases with the standard definitions of sport. It is meant to inspire more thought and debate on just what sport is, how it relates to other activities and human endeavors, and what we can learn about ourselves by studying sport.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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