Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Sport

ISBN-13: 9780415829809 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 460 str.

Mike McNamee; William J. Morgan

Opis

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Sport is a landmark publication in sport studies. It goes further than any book has before in tracing the contours of the discipline of the philosophy of sport and in surveying the core themes, approaches and theories that form its disciplinary fabric. The book explores the ways in which an understanding of philosophy can inform our understanding of important prevailing issues in sport. Edited by two of the most significant figures in the development of the philosophy of sport, Mike McNamee and Bill Morgan, and with contributions from many of the world's leading sport philosophers, this is an invaluable companion reference volume for any course in the social scientific study of sport, and an essential addition to the bookshelf of any serious scholar of the philosophy and/or ethics of sport.

Spis treści

A historical introduction to the Philosophy of Sport  Part I: Philosophical Approaches to the Conceptualisation of Sport  1. Formalism and Sport  2. Internalism and Sport  3. Conventionalism and Sport  4. An Institutional theory of sport  Part II: Philosophical Theories and Sport  5. Asthetics of Sport  6. Bioethics and Sport  7. Eastern Philosophy  8. Epistemology and Sport  9. Ethics  10. Existential Philosophy and Sport  11. Feminism in the Philosophy of Sport  12. Phenomenology and Sport  13. Philosophy of Mind and Sport  14. Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Sport  15. The radical critique of Sport  16. Religion, Theology and Sport  17. Sport as a legal system  18. Metaphysics and Sport  Part III: Key Issues and Themes in the Philosophy of Sport  19. Competition  20. Disability and Paralympic Sport  21. Doping and Anti-Doping: An inquiry into the Meaning of Sport  22. Fair Play  23. Genetics, science fiction and the ethics of athletic enhancement  24. Olympism – A Philosophy of Sport?  25. Philosophical Approaches to Coaching  26. Spectatorship – watching and following Sport  27. Sport, Commerce and the Market  28. Technology and Sport

O autorze

Mike McNamee is Professor of Applied Ethics at Swansea University, UK. His research interests and teaching span a broad range from the philosophy and ethics of engineering to medicine and health care, the ethics of sports and research ethics. He is a former President of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport and was the founding Chair of the British Philosophy of Sport Association. He serves or has served on the executive committees of many national and international associations, including the European College of Sport Science, the International Council for Sport Science and Physical Education, and the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain. He is the founding Editor of the journal Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, has written or edited 16 books in applied philosophy and ethics in sport and health, and is a founding co-editor of the landmark book series Ethics and Sport (Routledge). William J. Morgan is a Professor in the Division of Occupational Science andSchool of Communication, University of Southern California, USA. His major research interests are in ethics, critical theory and political theory, and most of his work has been devoted to the study of popular culture, especially contemporary sports and the Olympic Games. He is the author or editor of five books on sport, including Why Sports Morally Matter,the runner-up for the Best Book Award from the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport in 2006. He has been the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Association of the Philosophy of Sport and elected as a Fellow to the American Academy of Kinesiology, and he serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport and Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.