Routledge handbook of the philosophy of sport / edited by Mike McNamee and William J. Morgan.
| Other author | McNamee, M. J. (Mike J.) |
| Other author | Morgan, William J., 1948- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2015. |
| Description | xii, 459 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | A historical introduction to philosophy of sport -- Section 1. Philosophical approaches to the conceptual of sport -- Formalism and sport -- Internalism and sport -- Conventionalism and sport -- An institutional theory of sport -- Section 2. Philosophical theories and sport -- Aesthetics of sport -- Bioethics and sport -- Eastern philosophy -- Epistemology and sport -- Ethics and sport -- Existential philosophy and sport -- Feminism in the philosophy of sport -- Phenomenology and sport -- Philosophy of mind and sport -- Pragmatism and the philosophy of sport -- The radical critique of sport -- Religion, theology and sport -- Sport as a legal system -- Metaphysics and sport -- Section 3. Key issues and themes in the philosophy of sport -- Competition -- Disability and paralympic sport -- Doping and anti-doping: an inquiry into the meaning of sport -- Fair play -- Genetics, science fiction and the ethics of athletic enhancement -- Olympism -- a philosophy of sport? -- Philosophical approaches to coaching -- Spectatorship -- watching and following sport -- Sport, commerce and the market -- Technology and sport -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2014035411 |
| ISBN | 9780415829809 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0415829801 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |