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The Ethical University
Universities and colleges across the United States have become hotbeds of administrative, academic, financial, and sexual scandals. Each new case erodes the societal recognition of the value of higher education systems. It is clear that in order for these institutions to reclaim their respected status requires an examination and rebuilding of the ethical foundations of higher education. This book gathers faculty and administrators from highly respected schools to examine the current situation and mark directions for change. Chapters address such topics as privacy, shared governance, grievance procedures, accountability, adjunct instructors, student athletes, campus policing, pedagogy and rub...
Towards a Sustainable Philosophy of Endurance Sport
This book provides new perspectives on endurance sport and how it contributes to a good and sustainable life in times of climate change, ecological disruption and inconvenient truths. It builds on a continental philosophical tradition, i.e. the philosophy of among others Peter Sloterdijk, but also on “ecosophy” and American pragmatism to explore the idea of sport as a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles. Since ancient times, human beings have been involved in practices of the Self in order to work on themselves and improve themselves, for instance by strengthening their physical condition and performance through sport. In the contemporary world, millions of individuals en...
Europe Without Borders
The contested creation of free movement—for people and goods—in the Schengen area of Europe Europe is a place of free movement among nations—or is it? The Schengen area, established in 1985 and today encompassing twenty-nine European countries, allows people, goods, and capital to cross borders without restraint. Schengen transformed European life, advancing both a democratic project of transnational citizenship and a neoliberal project of international free trade. But the right of free movement always excluded non-Europeans, especially migrants of color from former colonies of the Schengen states. In Europe without Borders, Isaac Stanley-Becker explores the contested creation of free ...
Selected Papers of the Association for Teacher Education in Europe Spring Conference 2015
The Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE) is a non-profit European organisation, with the aim of enhancing the quality of teacher education in Europe and supporting the professional development of teachers and teacher educators at all levels. The contents of this book represent the best papers presented at the 2015 ATEE Spring Conference, a forum at which European teacher educators could learn from each other and also from experiences, research and ideas from outside Europe. As such, this book will serve to stimulate dialogue among teacher educators, researchers on teacher education, students, teachers, employers, politicians, supervisory bodies, NGOs and other groups involved in teacher education and research and innovation in teacher education.
The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Sport
The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Sport features specially commissioned essays from a team of leading international scholars. The book, by providing an overview of the advances in the philosophical understanding of sport (and related practices), serves as a measure of the development of the philosophy of sport but it also constitutes an expression of the discipline's state of the art. The book includes a critical analysis of the historical development of philosophic ideas about sport, three essays on the research methods typically used by sport philosophers, twelve essays that address vital issues at the forefront of key research areas, as well as four essays on topics of future disciplinary concern. The book also includes a glossary of key terms and concepts, an essay on resources available to researchers and practitioners, an essay on careers opportunities in the discipline, and an extensive annotated bibliography of key literature.
Indigenous, Traditional, and Folk Sports
This is the first book to focus on indigenous, traditional, and folk sports and sporting cultures. It examines the significance of sporting cultures that have survived the emergence and diffusion of western sports and have carved out a unique position not only in spite of modernity but also in response to it. Presenting case studies from around the world, including from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, this book draws on multidisciplinary work from sociology, anthropology, history, cultural studies, and political science, exploring key themes in the social sciences including nationalism, identity, decolonisation, and gender. From Turkish oil wrestling, kabaddi in South Asia, Iroquois ...
Holism and the Cultivation of Excellence in Sports and Performance
Skillful Striving is a multi-methodological and cross-cultural examination of how we flourish holistically through performative endeavors, e.g., sports, martial and performing arts. Relying primarily on sport philosophy, value theory, phenomenology, philosophy of mind, pragmatism, and East Asian philosophies (Japanese and Chinese), it espouses thick holism. Concerned with an integrative bodymind gradually achieved through performance that aims at excellence, the process of self-cultivation proper of thick holism relies on an ecologically rich epistemic landscape where skills are coupled to virtues in pragmatic contexts. Ultimately, this process results in admirable performances and exemplary...
Dialoghi sulla sostenibilità. Roma 2016
Il volume Dialoghi sulla Sostenibilità – Roma 2016 raccoglie gli Atti di quattro convegni progettati dagli Atenei del Lazio, coordinati dal CRUL (Comitato Regionale di Coordinamento delle Università del Lazio) – in occasione del Giubileo Straordinario 2015-2016 – per discutere di sostenibilità a partire dalle diverse esperienze e consapevolezze maturate dalle Università regionali. I ‘Dialoghi’ rappresentano studi, tratteggiano visioni, suscitano domande sul futuro della nostra società e del nostro ambiente. In occasione di questi confronti pubblici, il mondo della conoscenza e della ricerca, indipendentemente dalle istituzioni di provenienza, ha cercato di elaborare, in collaborazione e in modo coerente, un contributo sintetico ma esatto, da offrire alla società civile.
The SAGE Handbook of Global Sexualities
The Handbook offers a robust theoretical underpinning and critical outlook on current global, glocal, and ‘new’ sexualities and practices, whilst offering an extensive reflection on current challenges and future directions of the field.
