Instrumentality and values in sport / Irena Martínková ; reviewed by Sigmund Loland, Ivo Jirásek ; edited by Alena Jirsová.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martínková, Irena, author.

Contributor:

Loland, Sigmund, reviewer.

Jirásek, Ivo, reviewer.

Jirsová, Alena, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Philosophy.

Sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 p.)

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

Prague, [Czech Republic] : Karolinum, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book considers the role of instrumentality in sport and its influence on the athlete. Instrumentality is defined as a means-ends relationship, and it is discussed from the perspective of the logic of sport. The author researches two levels of instrumentality in sport - extrinsic and intrinsic instrumentality - and introduces and describes two kinds of values with respect to the two kinds of instrumentality: the extrinsic values of sport and the intrinsic values of sport. The book discusses a wide range of problems arising from the instrumental nature of sport, and their effect upon intrinsic values and the human being.

Contents:

""Table of contents""; ""I. Introduction""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The structure of the book""; ""3. Methodology""; ""4. Defintions""; ""5. Human existence and instrumentality ""; ""II. Instrumentality in sport""; ""6. Two kinds of instrumentality in sport""; ""7. Sport and its extrinsic instrumentality and values""; ""8. Problems of extrinsic instrumentality and values of sport""; ""9. Sport and its intrinsic instrumentality""; ""10. The intrinsic values of sport""; ""11. Problems of intrinsic instrumentality and values of sport""; ""III. Balancing the instrumentality in sport""

""12. Education, sport and the balancing of instrumentality """"13. Decreasing the �constraining� extrinsic values of sport""; ""14. Promoting the �enhancing� extrinsic values of sport""; ""15. Keeping the intrinsic values of sport in perspective""; ""16. Understanding the athlete and the nature of sport ""; ""17. Re-designing sport disciplines""; ""18. Focusing on the process""; ""19. Adding non-instrumental activities into sport training""; ""IV. Conclusion""; ""20. Choosing the fair or the temple""; ""V. Abstract""; ""VI. References""; ""VII Author index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed April 11, 2014).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9788024623078

8024623072

OCLC:

908097292