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The philosophy of mixed martial arts : squaring the octagon / edited by Jason Holt and Marc Ramsay.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Ethics and sport
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mixed martial arts--Philosophy.
- Mixed martial arts.
- Martial arts--Philosophy.
- Martial arts.
- Mixed martial arts--Social aspects.
- Social aspects.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 180 pages).
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Jason Holt is Professor of Kinesiology at Acadia University, Canada, and author of Kinetic Beauty: The Philosophical Aesthetics of Sport (2020). Marc Ramsay is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Acadia University, Canada.
- Notes:
- Introduction: Weighing In / Jason Holt and Marc Ramsay -- 1. Mixed Martial Arts is Not a Martial Art / Irena Martínková and Jim Parry -- 2. On the Martial Arts Status of Mixed Martial Arts: 'There are no rules' / Nicholas R. Baima and Sarah Malanowski -- 3. Loyalty, Deference, and Exploitation in Traditional and Mixed Martial Arts / Audrey Yap and Chris Goto-Jones -- 4. Violence and Constraints in Combat Sport / Joseph D. Lewandowski -- 5. Experimentation, Distributed Cognition, and Flow: A Scientific Lens on Mixed Martial Arts / Zachary Agoff, Benjamin Gwerder, and Vadim Keyser -- 6: A Utility-based Aesthetic for MMA: Finding Beauty in the Cage / Tszki Chow -- 7. An Aesthetic Apology for MMA / Jason Holt -- 8. The Line of Permissibility: Gladiators, Boxers, and MMA Fighters / Marc Ramsay -- 9. Friendship as a Moral Defense of Mixed Martial Arts / Danny Rosenberg -- 10. MMA as a Path to Stoic Virtue / Michael Tremblay -- 11. Ethics of Mixed Martial Arts / Walter Veit and Heather Browning -- 12. Gender, Pain, and Risk in Women's Mixed Martial Arts / Audrey Yap -- 13. Gender and Ethics: Thoughts on the Case of Transgender Athlete Fallon Fox / Nancy Kane.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 22, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781000450446
- 1000450449
- 9781000450385
- 1000450384
- 9781003122395
- 1003122396
- Publisher Number:
- 40030873156
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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