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Aretism : an ancient sports philosophy for the modern sports world / M. Andrew Holowchak and Heather L. Reid.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: xvii, 214 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0739148818
  • 9780739148815
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.01 22
LOC classification:
  • GV706 .H64 2011
Contents:
The roots of competitive sport -- Medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment sport -- Compensatory athleticism -- Sport propagandized -- Sport commodified -- The martial/commercial model -- Drugs and competitive sport -- Problems of performance enhancement -- Gender, aggression, and violence -- Sport by the numbers -- Sensationalism and ego-puffing -- The aesthetic/recreational model -- Aesthetic spectacle -- Playful integrity -- The aesthetics of journeying -- Beauty as unity -- Economy of performance -- The aretic model -- Aretism and values -- Aretism and education -- Aretism and society -- Is sport a good?.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The roots of competitive sport -- Medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment sport -- Compensatory athleticism -- Sport propagandized -- Sport commodified -- The martial/commercial model -- Drugs and competitive sport -- Problems of performance enhancement -- Gender, aggression, and violence -- Sport by the numbers -- Sensationalism and ego-puffing -- The aesthetic/recreational model -- Aesthetic spectacle -- Playful integrity -- The aesthetics of journeying -- Beauty as unity -- Economy of performance -- The aretic model -- Aretism and values -- Aretism and education -- Aretism and society -- Is sport a good?.

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