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Sport, play, and ethical reflection / Randolph Feezell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Feezell, Randolph M., 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Sports.
- Sportsmanship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st Illinois paperback.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2006, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In paperback for the first time, Randolph Feezell's Sport, Play, and Ethical Reflection immediately tackles two big questions about sport: "What is it?" and "Why does it attract so many people?" Feezell argues that sports participation is best described as a form of human play, and the attraction for participants and viewers alike derives from both its aesthetic richness and narrative structure. He then claims that the way in which sports encourage serious competition in trivial pursuits is fundamentally absurd, and therefore participation requires a state of irony in the participants, where seriousness and playfulness are combined.Feezell builds on these conclusions, addressing important ethical issues, arguing that sportsmanship should be seen as a kind of Aristotelian mean between the extremes of over- and under-investment in sport. Chapters on cheating, running up the score, and character building stress sport as a rule-governed, tradition-bound practice with standards of excellence and goods internal to the practice. With clear writing and numerous illuminating examples, Feezell demonstrates deep insight into both of his subjects.
- Contents:
- Sport, bodily excellence, and play
- The freedom of play
- Sport, the aesthetic, and narrative
- Play and the absurd
- Sport and the view from nowhere
- Sportsmanship
- On cheating in sports
- Sportsmanship and blowouts
- Sport, character, and virtue
- Respect for the game.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613251046
- 9781283251044
- 1283251043
- 9780252091162
- 0252091167
- OCLC:
- 867794082
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