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Subject(s)

• Sports—Philosophy [Browse]
• Physical fitness—Philosophy [Browse]
• Sports—Sociological aspects [Browse]
• Competition (Psychology) [Browse]

Related name

• Reid, Heather Lynne, 1963- [Browse]

Summary note

Aretism: An Ancient Sports Philosophy for the Modern Sports World applies a robust ancient ethic to the widely-acknowledged problems faced by modern sports. Aretism-from the Greek word arete ("excellence")-draws a balance between the hard commercialism of modern sports culture and the soft playfulness of recreational models to recover the value of sport for individuals, education, and society at large. The authors{u2019} approach proposes practical strategies for athletes, coaches, and physical educators to use when facing ethical challenges in the modern world.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

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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ISBN

• 9780739148815 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0739148818 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011007245

OCLC

707486609

RCP

H - S

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