Critical Realist Theory of Sport

AvGraham Scambler

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Del i serien Routledge Studies in Critical Realism

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This book argues that sport in the era of global or financialised capitalism has undergone a process of fracturing, which requires a re-assessment of longstanding and consensual accounts of traditional-to-modern sporting activity. Considering rival concepts of sport, it presents detailed, illustrative studies of various types of sporting or athletic activity – including soccer, cricket, rugby and track and field – to advance an alternative sociological understanding of sport rooted in the philosophies and theories of critical realism and critical theory. As such, A Critical Realist Theory of Sport will appeal to scholars of sociology and social theory with interests in sport, research methods and critical realist thought.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-12-30
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies in Critical Realism
Antal sidor:188
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367743178

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sportböcker inom Sport, fritid och hobby
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Graham Scambler is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at University College London and Visiting Professor of Sociology at Surrey University. Recent books include Sociology, Health and the Fractured Society: A Critical Realist Account (2018); A Sociology of Shame and Blame: Insiders Versus Outsiders (2020); and Communal Forms: A Sociological Exploration of Concepts of Community (with Tjora, 2020). He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, UK.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: A Critical Realist Theory of Sport1. The Case for a Revised Sociology of Sport2. A Critical Realist Frame3. From Hyper-rationalisation to the Fractured Society4. Global System versus Local Lifeworld5. A Case Study: Rugby as ‘Tribal Warfare’6. Sociology and Sport in the Fractured Society