Contemporary Athletics & Ancient Greek Ideals - Couverture rigide

Dombrowski, Daniel A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0226155463 ISBN 13 : 9780226155463

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Dombrowski Daniel A

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Despite their influence in our culture, sports inspire dramatically less philosophical consideration than such ostensibly weightier topics as religion, politics, or science. Arguing that athletic playfulness coexists with serious underpinnings, and that both demand more substantive attention, Daniel Dombrowski harnesses the insights of ancient Greek thinkers to illuminate contemporary athletics. Dombrowski contends that the ideas of Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus shed important light on issues - such as the pursuit of excellence, the concept of play, and the power of accepting physical limitations while also improving one's body - that remain just as relevant in our sports-obsessed age as they were in ancient Greece. Bringing these concepts to bear on contemporary concerns, Dombrowski considers such questions as whether athletic competition can be a moral substitute for war, whether it necessarily constitutes war by other means, and whether it encourages fascist tendencies or ethical virtue. The first volume to philosophically explore twenty-first-century sport in the context of its ancient predecessor, Contemporary Athletics and Ancient Greek Ideals reveals that their relationship has great and previously untapped potential to inform our understanding of human nature.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Daniel Dombrowski is professor of philosophy at Seattle University.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0226155463
• ISBN 13: 9780226155463
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 174