McNamee M., Morgan W.J. Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Sport

Abingdon, New York: Routledge, 2015. — 472 p. — (Routledge International Handbooks). — ISBN: 978-0-415-82980-9, 978-0-203-46626-1The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Sport is a landmark publication in sport studies. It goes further than any book has before in tracing the contours of the discipline of the philosophy of sport and in surveying the core themes, approaches and theories that form its disciplinary fabric. The book explores the ways in which an understanding of philosophy can inform our understanding of important prevailing issues in sport. Edited by two of the most significant figures in the development of the philosophy of sport, Mike McNamee and Bill Morgan, and with contributions from many of the world's leading sport philosophers, this is an invaluable companion reference volume for any course in the social scientific study of sport, and an essential addition to the bookshelf of any serious scholar of the philosophy and/or ethics of sport.A historical introduction to the philosophy of sport
Philosophical approaches to the conceptualization of sport
Formalism and sport
Internalism and sport
Conventionalism and sport
An institutional theory of sport
Philosophical theories and sport
Aesthetics of sport
Bioethics and sport
Eastern philosophy
Epistemology and sport
Ethics and sport
Existential philosophy and sport
Feminism in the philosophy of sport
Phenomenology and sport
Philosophy of mind and sport
Pragmatism and the philosophy of sport
The radical critique of sport
Religion, theology and sport
Sport as a legal system
Metaphysics and sport
Key issues and themes in the philosophy of sport
Competition
Disability and Paralympic sport
Doping and anti-doping: an inquiry into the meaning of sport
Fair play
Genetics, science fiction and the ethics of athletic enhancement
Olympism – a philosophy of sport?
Philosophical approaches to coaching
Spectatorship – watching and following sport
Sport, commerce and the market
Technology and sport