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Regulating Bodies
Regulating Bodies offers the first global history of protective policies in elite sports and asks how far we are willing to go in the name of sporting excellence.
Inside the Stargazer's Palace
Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories 'A scintillating journey into a world where discoveries rip through doctrine like meteors. There is magic in these pages.' Daisy Dunn, author of The Missing Thread In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into view – one guided by observation, technology and logic. But omens and elixirs did not disappear from the sixteenth-century laboratory. Charms and potions could still be found nestled between glistening brass instruments and leather-bound tomes. The line between the natural and supernatural remained porous, yet to be defined. From the icy Danish observatory of Tycho Brahe, to the smoky, sulphur-stained workshop of John Dee, Violet Moller tours the intellectual heart of early European science. Exploring its rich, multidisciplinary culture, Inside the Stargazer’s Palace reveals a dazzling forgotten world, where all knowledge, no matter how arcane, could be pursued in good faith.
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, and with contributions from many of the world’s 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.
Introduction to the Philosophy of Sport
This comprehensive text examines the history, significance, and philosophical dimensions of sport. Introduction to the Philosophy of Sport, second edition, is organized to reflect the traditional division of philosophy into metaphysical, ethical, epistemological and political issues, while incorporating specific concerns of today’s athletic world, such as technology, violence, and professionalism. The second edition features expanded sections on social categories (including race, gender, and disability), sport in schools, and collegiate sports. Each chapter includes discussion questions, and the book features a comprehensive glossary.
Routledge Handbook of Sport, Race and Ethnicity
Few issues have engaged sports scholars more than those of race and ethnicity. Today, globalization and migration mean all major sports leagues include players from around the globe, bringing into play a complex mix of racial, ethnic, cultural, political and geographical factors. These complexities have been examined from many angles by historians, sociologists, anthropologists and scientists. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of the full sweep of approaches to the study of sport, race and ethnicity. The Routledge Handbook of Sport, Race and Ethnicity makes a substantial contribution to scholarship, presenting a collection of international case studies that map the most ...
Gym Culture, Identity and Performance-Enhancing Drugs
This book is about gym culture, the pursuit of fit, muscular bodies and the use of drugs as a means to get there. Building on the international research literature and in-depth interviews with men who have experience of image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs), the book explores the fascination with muscles, motivations for using drugs to enhance them, assessments of risks, and experience of side effects. The book examines what the altered body does to the men’s identity, self-image and relationships with peers and partners. Taking an evolutionary psychological approach, it also investigates the biological and psychological foundations of the fascination with the muscular body and discusses the notion of precarious manhood. Building on these analyses the book considers the political and regulatory initiatives in place to prevent the use of IPEDs and assesses those strategies’ potential to reach their aims. This is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the issue of drugs in sport, the ethics of sport, sociology of sport, sociology of the body, masculinity or public health.
Motionsdoping
Det er ikke kun bodybuildere, der er på steroider. Også helt almindelige unge mænd kombinerer styrketræning i fitnesscentret med brug af doping og sætter hårdt ind med ambitiøse træningsprogrammer og avancerede kostregimer. Den muskuløse krop er idealet, og anabole steroider genvejen. I MOTIONSDOPING. STYRKETRÆNING, IDENTITET OG KULTUR undersøger lektor Ask Vest Christiansen brugen af præstationsfremmende stoffer i fitness- og styrketræningsmiljøerne. Han beskriver koblingen mellem muskler, maskulinitet og identitet og lader mændene selv fortælle om deres oplevelser med steroider. Samtidig karakteriserer han fire idealtypiske brugere og belyser kulturelle, sociale, psykologiske og biologiske aspekter, der spiller ind, når motionister vælger at opbygge drømmekroppen med andet end tunge vægte.
Lidenskab og livskvalitet gennem idræt
Hårde bokseslag i ansigtet, vandring gennem fossende floder og muskelkramper i benene efter 42 kilometers maratonløb. Mange mennesker er drevet af en lyst til at udfordre sig selv, og idræt giver mulighed for at overskride kropslige og mentale grænser på en måde, som kan føre til større velvære og livsmening. I Lidenskab og livskvalitet gennem idræt fortæller idrætsforskere og udøvere, hvordan forskellige idrætsgrene trods krav om store anstrengelser kan gøre en positiv forskel i menneskers liv. Vi går på banen med eksmisbrugerne, der finder et frirum i fodbolden med ligesindede. Vi løfter vægte i motionscentret, hvor unge mænd bygger deres kroppe og selvtillid op. Og vi cykler op ad bjerget med den midaldrende motionsrytter i lycra. Forfatterne undersøger idrætsudøvernes motivation, øjeblikkenes intensitet og idrættens socialiserende og identitetsdannende potentiale for den enkelte og for fællesskaber – i en tid, hvor vi konstant presser os selv i en foranderlig jagt på livskvalitet. Højere, dybere, bedre.
Power and Politics in World Athletics
This book provides the first detailed history of one of the most powerful international sport organisations, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since 2019 known as World Athletics. The book critically assesses the internal power relations within the IAAF by focusing on the IAAF leadership. Based on extensive archival research, Power and Politics in World Athletics offers a nuanced analysis of the institutionalised strategies that developed as a reflection of the IAAF’s interests and aims to create a broader understanding of the global sport system. With only six presidents in over a century of existence, the IAAF’s leaders had profound impacts on other interna...
Routledge Handbook of Sport and Exercise Systems Genetics
Technological advances over the last two decades have placed genetic research at the forefront of sport and exercise science. It provides potential answers to some of contemporary sport and exercise’s defining issues and throws up some of the area’s most challenging ethical questions, but to date, it has rested on a fragmented and disparate literature base. The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Exercise Systems Genetics constitutes the most authoritative and comprehensive reference in this critical area of study, consolidating knowledge and providing a framework for interpreting future research findings. Taking an approach which covers single gene variations, through genomics, epigenetics,...
