"Figuring" modern sport : autobiographical and historical reflections on sport, violence and civilisation / Eric Dunning, Emeritus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunning, Eric.

Contributor:

Emeritus.

Series:

Inaugural Lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Sociological aspects.

Sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (36 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chester, [England] : Chester Academic Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This professorial lecture begins by introducing the key aspects of figurational sociology, as developed by the late Norbert Elias, who is increasingly becoming recognised as one of the greatest sociologists of the twentieth century. This approach is then applied to sport, concentrating firstly on the historical development of various forms of football, including the division between soccer and rugby. The lecture concludes with a discussion of the causes of football hooliganism and of the media reaction to this phenomenon.

Contents:

Front Cover

"FIGURING" MODERN SPORT: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS ON SPORT, VIOLENCE AND CIVILISATION

References.

Notes:

"An inaugural lecture delivered at University College Chester on 28 October 2004."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 16, 2014).

ISBN:

9781908258724

1908258721

OCLC:

905664497