Contemporary athletics & ancient Greek ideals

• Main Author: Dombrowski, Daniel A.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2009.
• Subjects: Sports > Philosophy.; Sports > Greece.; Sports in literature.; Greek literature.; Sports.; SPORTS & RECREATION > Sports Psychology.; Greece > Civilization.; Electronic books.
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Despite their influence in our culture, sports inspire dramatically less philosophical consideration than such ostensibly weightier topics as religion, politics, or science. Arguing that athletic playfulness coexists with serious underpinnings, and that both demand more substantive attention, Daniel...

Table of Contents:

• The ancient background
• Weiss and the pursuit of bodily excellence
• Huizinga and the homo ludens hypothesis
• Feezell, moderation, and irony
• The process of becoming virtuous.