McNamee Mike J. - Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Sport

ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPORT

The 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, with contributions from many of the worlds 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.

Mike McNamee is Professor of Applied Ethics at Swansea University, UK. His research interests and teaching span a broad range from the philosophy and ethics of engineering, to medicine and health care, the ethics of sports and research ethics. He is a former President of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport and was the founding Chair of the British Philosophy of Sport Association. He serves or has served on the executive committees of many national and international associations, including the European College of Sport Science, the International Council for Sport Science and Physical Education, and the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain. He is the founding Editor of the journal Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, has written or edited 16 books in applied philosophy and ethics in sport and health, and is a founding co-editor of the landmark book series Ethics and Sport (Routledge).

William J. Morgan is Professor in the Division of Occupational Science and School of Communication, University of Southern California, USA. His major research interests are in ethics, critical theory and political theory, and most of his work has been devoted to the study of popular culture, especially contemporary sports and the Olympic Games. He is the author or editor of five books on sport, including Why Sports Morally Matter, the runner-up for the Best Book Award from the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport in 2006. He has been the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Association of the Philosophy of Sport and elected as a Fellow to the American Academy of Kinesiology, and he serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport and Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.

ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPORT

Edited by Mike McNamee and William J. Morgan

First published 2015

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Routledge handbook of the philosophy of sport / edited by Mike McNamee and William J. Morgan.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. SportsPhilosophy. I. McNamee, M. J. (Mike J.) II. Morgan, William John, 1948-GV706.R68 2015

796.01dc23

2014035411

ISBN: 978-0-415-82980-9 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-203-46626-1 (ebk)

Typeset in Bembo

by FiSH Books Ltd, Enfield

Dedicated to Warren Fraleigh, in gratitude for his monumental contribution to the founding and development of the philosophy of sport.

CONTENTS

Mike McNamee and William J. Morgan

SECTION I
Philosophical approaches to the conceptualization of sport

Scott Kretchmar

Robert L. Simon

William J. Morgan

Graham McFee

SECTION II
Philosophical theories and sport

Andrew Edgar

Silvia Camporesi

Jess Ilundin-Agurruza and Takayuki Hata

Steffen Borge

Mike McNamee

Kenneth Aggerholm

Leslie A. Howe

Irena Martnkov

Paul Davis

John Kaag

Lev Kreft

Gregg Twietmeyer

John S. Russell

Stephen Mumford

SECTION III
Key issues and themes in the philosophy of sport

Paul Gaffney

Steve Edwards and Mike McNamee

Thomas H. Murray

Sigmund Loland

W. Miller Brown

Heather L. Reid

Jeffrey P. Fry

Carwyn Jones

Adrian Walsh

Rasmus Bysted Mller and Verner Mller

Kenneth Aggerholm

Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.

Steffen Borge

UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway.

W. Miller Brown

Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College, USA.

Silvia Camporesi

Lecturer in Bioethics and Society, Department of Social Science, Health and Medicine, Kings College London, UK.

Paul Davis

Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport and Exercise, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sunderland, UK.

Andrew Edgar

Reader in Philosophy, School of English Communications and Philosophy, Cardiff University, UK.

Steven D. Edwards, Professor of Philosophy of Health Care, College of Health and Human Sciences, Swansea University, UK.

Jeffrey P. Fry

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Ball State University, USA.

Paul Gaffney

Associate Professor of Philosophy, St. Johns University, USA.

Takayuki Hata

Professor of Sport Philosophy and Physical Education, Graduate School of Education, Okayama University, Japan.

Leslie A. Howe

Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy Department, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Jess Ilundin-Agurruza

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Linfield College, USA.

Carwyn Jones

Reader in Sports Ethics, Cardiff School of Sport, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK.

John Kaag

Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA.

Lev Kreft

Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

R. Scott Kretchmar

Professor of Exercise and Sport Science, Department of Kinesiology, Penn State University, USA.

Sigmund Loland