LEADER 03583nam 2200577 450 001 9910463847003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4438-6993-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000572117 035 $a(EBL)1819238 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001411230 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11805988 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001411230 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11400846 035 $a(PQKB)11583927 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1819238 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1819238 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10955520 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL652960 035 $a(OCoLC)893739790 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000572117 100 $a20141027h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe future of post-human sports $etowards a new theory of training and winning /$fby Peter Baofu 210 1$aNewcastle upon Tyne, England :$cCambridge Scholars Publishing,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (656 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4438-4667-8 311 $a1-322-21680-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; PART ONE - INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; A Reexamination of Value; Definition and History of Sports; Training and Winning in Sports; Multiple Features of Sports; The Theoretical Debate; The Modificative Theory of Sports; Theory and Meta-Theory; The Logic of Existential Dialectics; Sophisticated Methodological Holism; Chapter Outline; Some Clarifications; PART TWO - TRAINING; CHAPTER TWO - TRAINING AND ITS TWO FACES; The Practicalness of Training; Training and the Mind; Training and Nature; Training and Society 327 $aTraining and CultureThe Impracticalness of Training; PART THREE - WINNING; CHAPTER THREE - WINNING AND ITS TWO SIDES; The Glory of Winning; Winning and the Mind; Winning and Nature ; Winning and Society; Winning and Culture; The Disgrace of Winning; PART FOUR - CONCLUSION; CHAPTER FOUR - CONCLUSION; Beyond Training and Winning; In Relation to Method; 1st Thesis; 2nd Thesis; 3rd Thesis; 4th Thesis; 5th Thesis; 6th Thesis; 7th Thesis; In Relation to Structure; 8th Thesis; 9th Thesis; 10th Thesis; 11th Thesis; 12th Thesis; In Relation to Process; 13th Thesis; 14th Thesis; 15th Thesis 327 $a16th ThesisIn Relation to Agency; 17th Thesis; 18th Thesis; 19th Thesis; 20th Thesis; 21st Thesis; 22nd Thesis; 23rd Thesis; 24th Thesis; 25th Thesis; 26th Thesis; 27th Thesis; 28th Thesis; 29th Thesis; 30th Thesis; Towards the Post-Human Modification; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aAre sports really supposed to be so competitive that, as Henry R. Sanders once famously said, ""Men, I'll be honest. Winning is...the only thing!""? (WK 2012) This competitive view of sports can be contrasted with a critical view by William Shakespeare, who wrote in Othello (Act. iv. Sc. 1), ""They laugh that win."" (BART 2012) Contrary to these opposing views (and other ones, as will be discussed in the book), sports (in relation to both training and winning) are neither possible (or impossible)... 606 $aSports$xPhilosophy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSports$xPhilosophy. 676 $a796.01 700 $aBaofu$b Peter$0857609 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463847003321 996 $aThe future of post-human sports$91947756 997 $aUNINA