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The Life and Adventures of William Buckley
‘Flannery has done us a service first by reissuing the story of a fascinating adventure from 200 years ago, and then by setting these events in perspective with his lucid introduction.’ Canberra Times ‘At 2.00 pm on Sunday, 6 July 1835, a giant of a man shambled into the camp left by John Batman at Indented Head near Geelong...’ In 1803 the convict William Buckley, a former soldier, escaped from the first official settlement in Victoria, near Sorrento on Port Phillip Bay. For three decades the ‘wild white man’ lived with Aborigines around the bay, before giving himself up in 1835. First published in 1852, The Life and Adventures of William Buckley is the ultimate survival story o...
Higher Education Reform in China
A major transformation of Chinese higher education (HE) has taken place over the past decade – China has reshaped its higher education sector from elite to mass education with the number of graduates having quadrupled to three million a year over six years. China is exceptional among lower income countries in using tertiary education as a development strategy on such a scale, aiming to improve the quality of its graduates, and make HE available to as many of its citizens as possible. This book provides a critical examination the challenges to the development and sustainability of higher education in China: Can its universities move from quantity to quality? How will so many graduates find ...
Ethics in Sport-3rd Edition
Ethics in Sport, Third Edition, offers 32 essays by well-known authors. These essays explore the roots of the ethical and moral dilemmas so prevalent in sport culture today. Nearly half the essays are new to this edition.
Philosophic Inquiry in Sport
This substantially revised text provides the most comprehensive philosophical work available about the nature, structure, meaning, and significance of sport, play, and games. Philosophic Inquiry in Sport (Second Edition) encompasses the major - and sometimes controversial - issues in sport philosophy and provides a balance of analytical and critical essays that reflect a broad range of philosophical perspectives. This second edition features 22 new articles by leading sport philosophers, 32 influential and classic essays from the first edition, and expanded coverage of current topics, such as drugs and gender equity issues, and how each relates to sport. Reader's guides at the beginning of m...
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Buber and Education
Martin Buber (1878-1965) is considered one of the 20th century‘s greatest thinkers and his contributions to philosophy, theology and education are testimony to this. This book brings together aspects of Buber‘s philosophy and educational practice, and explains their significance for peace dialogue and for conflict resolution, both between individuals and communities.
Leftist Theories of Sport
The degradation of modern sport -- its commercialization, its trivialization, its cult of athletic stars and celebrities, and its manipulation by the media -- has led to numerous calls for its transformation. "Approaching the relations of sport and society with a truly philosophic mind, Morgan has important things to say that no one else has said with quite the same degree of detailed thoughtfulness. Leftist Theories of Sport is a critique not only of sports but also of contemporary society." -- Allen Guttmann, author of The Olympics: A History of the Modern Games
