Sport and Leisure in Social Thought

ISBN-13: 9780415077033 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 282 str.

Grant Jarvie;Jarvie; Joseph Maguire

Opis

This book is aimed largely at undergraduate and graduate students who require a single text that will introduce them not only to sociological theory but also to the sociology of sport and leisure. The book attempts to capture the breadth of sociological thinking about sport and leisure. It offers a discussion of the major sociological traditions and shows how sport and leisure have contributed to our understanding of contemporary sociological themes such as the body, globalization, social space, the environment, consumption, nationalism and social inequality.

Recenzje

'... show how sport and leisure have contributed to a better understanding of contemporary socialogical themes such as the body, globalization, social space, the environment, consumption, nationalism, and social inequality.' - Leisure Recreation & Tourism Abstracts

'They have done their task well and have produced what is arguably the best introduction to the sociology of sport yet published.' - Sociological Review

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Functionalism, solidarity and social stratification; Chapter 2 Interpretative sociology: Rationalisation, cultural pessimism and the search for meaning; Chapter 3 Beyond conventional pluralism; Chapter 4 Classical Marxism, political economy and beyond; Chapter 5 Culture as a war of position and a way of life; Chapter 6 Figurations, power and civilising processes; Chapter 7 Feminist thought and the boundaries of sisterhood; Chapter 8 Fields of power, habitus and distinction; Chapter 9 Beyond modernity and the problems of postmodernism; Chapter 10 Dependency and globalisation: Sport, leisure and global processes; Index;

O autorze

Grant Jarvie is Professor of Sport and Leisure Research at Heriot-Watt University,
Joseph Maguire is Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Loughborough University.