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Sport Philosophy Now : The Culture of Sports after the Lance Armstrong Scandal.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (289 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442260665
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sport Philosophy NowDDC classification:
  • 796.01
LOC classification:
  • GV706.M38 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Diapsalmata -- I: -- Chapter One: Sports Philosophy -- Chapter Two: Childhood in Sport -- Chapter Three: Play -- Chapter Four: Language -- Chapter Five: Economics -- II: -- Chapter Six: The Milieu of Cycling -- Chapter Seven: Is Sport Fiction More Real than Sport Fact? -- Chapter Eight: Should USA Cycling Continue as the Institutionalized Governing Body of the Sport? -- Chapter Nine: Is USADA's "Reasoned Decision" Fair? -- Chapter Ten: Did Anyone Win? -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Sport Philosophy Now examines the current sports philosophy available and updates it in the "post-Lance Armstrong" age. While many sports philosophers have turned a blind eye to the reality of sport by focusing on ideologically-driven abstract ideals, this book offers an engaging alternative. Examining the field primarily through the competitive world of cycling, Matthew James McNees explores such issues as authenticity in sport, our tendency to create superficial high-minded meaning from the actions of athletes, and American capitalism in sports.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Diapsalmata -- I: -- Chapter One: Sports Philosophy -- Chapter Two: Childhood in Sport -- Chapter Three: Play -- Chapter Four: Language -- Chapter Five: Economics -- II: -- Chapter Six: The Milieu of Cycling -- Chapter Seven: Is Sport Fiction More Real than Sport Fact? -- Chapter Eight: Should USA Cycling Continue as the Institutionalized Governing Body of the Sport? -- Chapter Nine: Is USADA's "Reasoned Decision" Fair? -- Chapter Ten: Did Anyone Win? -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Sport Philosophy Now examines the current sports philosophy available and updates it in the "post-Lance Armstrong" age. While many sports philosophers have turned a blind eye to the reality of sport by focusing on ideologically-driven abstract ideals, this book offers an engaging alternative. Examining the field primarily through the competitive world of cycling, Matthew James McNees explores such issues as authenticity in sport, our tendency to create superficial high-minded meaning from the actions of athletes, and American capitalism in sports.

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