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Explore a curated selection of sports literature dissected for avid readers. Dive into narratives that go beyond the field, offering profound insights and entertainment. The Sports Ethicist is Shawn E. Klein, Ph.D, a philosopher specializing in ethics, popular culture, and the philosophy of sports.
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Allen Guttman. Sports Spectators. Columbia University Press, 1986. Noted sports historian, Allen Guttman, takes on the topic of sport spectators in this short volume. The book is divided into two parts. The first part is “Part 1 From Antiquity to ..read more
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8M ago
On one hand, I really rather enjoyed this book. The chapters are short and pithy. Noë’s musings about baseball are thought-provoking; and his love of baseball shines through out. His idea that baseball is all about deciding who’s responsible for ..read more
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8M ago
My review of Philosophy, Sport, and the Pandemic, edited by Jeffrey Fry and Andrew Edgar, was published on the Nordic Sport Science Forum. There are some excellent chapters in this new anthology on sport and the pandemic, but my overall ..read more
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8M ago
This book is made up of two essays. The first essay focuses on the origins of sport in general, while the second focuses on Ancient Greek athletics in particular; and as instance of the general theory Sansone proposes in the ..read more
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8M ago
This is an open call for College Sports and Ethics, an edited collection to be published as part of Lexington Books’ Studies in the Philosophy of Sport series. This new anthology, edited by Chad Carlson and Shawn E. Klein, focuses ..read more
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8M ago
This is an active and ongoing call for proposals for the Studies in Philosophy of Sport series from Lexington Books. This series encourages scholars from all disciplines to inquire into the nature, importance, and qualities of sport and related activities ..read more
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8M ago
Guttmann’s classic From Ritual to Record is, in many ways, two books. The first “book” fits the title: it explains modern sport as something that comes out of but differs in essential ways from pre-modern sports. He provides a context ..read more
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8M ago
This is a great course. Wonderfully delivered by Bruce Markuson of the Baseball Hall of Fame, the course covers the early years of baseball. From the early beginnings to 1920, the course looks at rules changes, equipment changes, field changes ..read more
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8M ago
I’m thrilled to announce the publication of the newest book in the Studies in Philosophy of Sport Book Series. Surfing and the Philosophy of Sport uses the insights gained through an analysis of the sport of surfing to explore key questions ..read more
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8M ago
My review of William Morgan’s newest book, Sport and Moral Conflict: A Conventionalist Theory, was posted on the Nordic Sport Science Forum. William Morgan is one of the leading thinkers in philosophy of sport. He is the author of several ..read more