Grant Jarvie, Joseph Maguire

Sport and Leisure in Social Thought (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines all of the major traditions of social thought to clearly show their influence in our understanding of sport and leisure. Also shows how sport has contributed to our understanding of such themes as globalization and nationalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134901074
• Artikelnr.: 38263212

Autorenporträt

Grant Jarvie is Professor of Sport and Leisure Research at Heriot-Watt University,
Joseph Maguire is Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Loughborough University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Functionalism, solidarity and social stratification
Chapter 2 Interpretative sociology: Rationalisation, cultural pessimism and the search for meaning
Chapter 3 Beyond conventional pluralism
Chapter 4 Classical Marxism, political economy and beyond
Chapter 5 Culture as a war of position and a way of life
Chapter 6 Figurations, power and civilising processes
Chapter 7 Feminist thought and the boundaries of sisterhood
Chapter 8 Fields of power, habitus and distinction
Chapter 9 Beyond modernity and the problems of postmodernism
Chapter 10 Dependency and globalisation: Sport, leisure and global processes
Index