Cesar R. Torres – författare

This book is primarily concerned with some of the most important kinds of philosophical issues that arise in sport which are ethical or moral ones. It focuses on the nature of principles and values that should apply to sport.

This book is primarily concerned with some of the most important kinds of philosophical issues that arise in sport which are ethical or moral ones. It focuses on the nature of principles and values that should apply to sport.

This book is primarily concerned with some of the most important kinds of philosophical issues that arise in sport which are ethical or moral ones. It focuses on the nature of principles and values that should apply to 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.

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.

The Olympic Games are a phenomenon of unparalleled global proportions. This book examines the rich and complex involvement of Latin America and the Caribbean peoples with the Olympic Movement, serving as an effective medium to explore the making of this region. The nine essays here investigate the influence, struggles, and contributions of Latin American and Caribbean societies to the Olympic Movement. By delving into nationalist political movements, post-revolutionary diplomacy, decolonization struggles, gender and disability discourses, and more, they define how the nations of this region have shaped and been shaped by the Olympic Movement.

El presente libro analiza los múltiples sentidos y significados que se produjeron, transmitieron, interpelaron, objetaron y pusieron en circulación a la hora de describir, narrar e interpretar la muerte, el funeral y/o la biografía póstuma de algunos de los deportistas argentinos más populares de los últimos cien años. En una inacabada e incompleta lista de célebres deportistas muertos, los trabajos aquí reunidos, focalizan la atención descriptiva, analítica y hermenéutica en el deceso de Jorge Newbery, Justo Suárez, José María Gatica, Juan Gálvez, Oscar Natalio Bonavena, Carlos Monzón y Diego Armando Maradona. Sus muertes, funerales y/o biografías póstumas fueron y, continúan siendo, interpelados por distintos actores de la vida nacional, delimitando y produciendo un particular panteón deportivo argentino, que los incluye, pero al mismo tiempo los excede. Los trabajos indagan más allá del universo kinético, técnico-táctico, deportivo y agonístico. Más bien, conceptualizan a los rituales, los discursos y las prácticas mortuorias como espacios materiales y simbólicos privilegiados donde identificar y comprender ciertas lógicas, agentes, actores y grupos sociales en pugna. Pablo Ariel Scharagrodsky es Profesor de Educación Física (Universidad Nacional de La Plata [UNLP]), Profesor y Licenciado en Ciencias de la Educación (UNLP) y Doctor en Ciencias Sociales y Humanas (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes [UNQ]). Entre sus libros se destacan las compilaciones Hombres en Movimiento. Deporte, cultura física y masculinidades en la Argentina, 1880-1970 (2021); Mujeres en Movimiento. Deporte, cultura física y feminidades, Argentina, 1870-1980 (2016) y Miradas médicas sobre la cultura física en Argentina, 1880-1970 (2014). César R. Torres es Profesor de Educación Física (Instituto Nacional de Educación Física Dr. Enrique Romero Brest), Diplomado Superior en Ciencias Sociales (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales) y Doctor en Filosofía e Historia del Deporte (The Pennsylvania State University). Su libro más reciente es Olympic Knowledge-Essential Readings Series (2024, compilado con Tracy Taylor y Stephan Wassong). En 2022 tradujo (con Francisco Javier López Frías) el libro de Bernard Suits La cigarra: los juegos, la vida y la utopía.