Walter Thomas Schmid

Golf as Meaningful Play

A Philosophical Guide

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Produktbeschreibung

Golf as Meaningful Play is a philosophical introduction to golf as a sporting practice and source of personal meaning. It addresses topics of interest to both scholars and intellectually curious golfers, including mental aspects of play, the nature of sport, virtues of the game, and golf in film and literature.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Philosophy of Sport
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9781498550086
• ISBN-10: 1498550088
• Artikelnr.: 47883150

Autorenporträt

By Walter Thomas Schmid

Inhaltsangabe

Photo Acknowledgements Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Idea of the Shot Chapter 3: The Sport of Golf Chapter 4:
Communities and Traditions Chapter 5: The Virtues of Golf Chapter 6: The
Play of Imagination A Selection of Golf Quotes Bibliography About the
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