
Values in Sport : Elitism, Nationalism, Gender Equality and the Scientific Manufacturing of Winners.
Title:
Values in Sport : Elitism, Nationalism, Gender Equality and the Scientific Manufacturing of Winners.
Author:
Tamburrini, Claudio.
ISBN:
9780203184691
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Series:
Ethics and Sport
Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Series editors' preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Elitism -- Is it fascistoid to admire sports heroes? TORBJRN TNNSJ -- Sports, fascism and the market CLAUDIO M. TAMBURRINI -- The logic of progress and the art of moderation in competitive sports SIGMUND LOLAND -- Nationalism -- Sports as the moral discourse of nations WILLIAM J. MORGAN -- A justification of moderate patriotism in sport NICHOLAS DIXON -- Patriotism in sports and in war PAUL GOMBERG -- Gender equality -- Against sexual discrimination in sports TORBJRN TNNSJ -- Gender verification in competitive sport: turning from research to action BERIT SKIRSTAD -- On the definition of 'woman' in the sport context ANGELA J. SCHNEIDER -- The rules of the game -- Against chance: a causal theory of winning in sport GUNNAR BREIVIK -- Justice and game advantage in sporting games SIGMUND LOLAND -- Spoiling: an indirect reflection of sport's moral imperative? GRAHAM MCFEE -- The scientific manufacture of winners -- A philosophical overview of the arguments on banning doping in sport ANGELA J. SCHNEIDER AND ROBERT B. BUTCHER -- What's wrong with doping? CLAUDIO M. TAMBURRINI -- Selected champions: making winners in the age of genetic technology CHRISTIAN MUNTHE -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
How will sport keep pace with current scientific and biological advances? Is the possibility of the 'bionic athlete' that far away and is this notion as bad as it might first appear? Is our fascination with sport winners fascistoid? Questions such as these and many others are posed and examined by the contributors to this volume. Some are sceptical of future developments in sport and demand radical reforms to halt progress, others are more optimistic and propose that sport should adapt to new advances just as other realms of the cultural sphere have to. Some of the topics examined here, such as the genetic engineering of athletes, and the significance of the public's fascination with sport winners, are being discussed for the first time, whilst others such as sex segregation, nationalism and doping are being revisited and reintroduced onto the agenda after a period of suggestive silence. This book provides the reader with a deep insight into the moral and ethical value we place on sport in today's society. Challenging and demanding, its contributors urge us to think again about current sports practices and the future of sport as a cultural phenomenon.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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