Values in sport : elitism, nationalism, gender equality, and the scientific manufacture of winners / / edited by Torbjorn Tannsjo and Claudio Tamburrini

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : E & FN Spon, 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 246 p
• Disciplina: 796
• Soggetto topico: Sports - Moral and ethical aspects; Sports - Social aspects
• Altri autori: TannsjoTorbjorn <1946-> TamburriniClaudio Marcello
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Is it fascistoid to admire sports heroes? / Torbjorn Tannsjo -- chapter 2 Sports, fascism and the market CLAUDIO M. TA MBURRINI / Claudio M.Tamburrini -- chapter 3 The logic of progress and the art of moderation in competitive sports / Sigmund Loland -- chapter 4 Sports as the moral discourse of nations / William J. Morgan -- chapter 5 A justification of moderate patriotism in sport / Nicholas Dixon -- chapter 6 Patriotism in sports and in war / Paul Gomberg -- chapter 7 Against sexual discrimination in sports / Torbjorn Tannsjo -- chapter 8 Gender verification in competitive sport: turning from research to action BERIT SKIRS TA D -- Turning from research to action / Berit Skirstad -- chapter 9 On the definition of woman in the sport context / Angela J. Schneider -- chapter 10 Against chance -- A causal theory of winning in sport / Gunnar Breivik -- chapter 11 Justice and game advantage in sporting games / Sigmund Loland -- chapter 12 Spoiling -- An indirect reflection of sport's moral imperative? / Graham McFee -- chapter 13 A philosophical overview of the arguments on banning doping in sport / Angela J. Schneider -- chapter 14 What's wrong with doping? / Claudio M.Tamburrini -- chapter 15 Selected champions -- Making winners in the age of genetic technology / Christian Munthe.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Values in sport
• ISBN: 1-135-80305-6; 1-135-80306-4; 1-280-71963-X; 0-203-18469-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823111803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ethics and sport.