The Social Science of Sport

The Social Science of Sport
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 190
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ISBN-10 : 9781317450559
ISBN-13 : 1317450558
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Book Synopsis The Social Science of Sport by : Bo Carlsson

Download or read book The Social Science of Sport written by Bo Carlsson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book questions about definitions and demarcations of sport science are discussed. Not the least the many normative ideas of sport as good or as bad are problematized in relation to the academic field. These ideas permeate sport science in ways that are not seen in other academic fields like history, sociology or law. In addition, if and if so, in what ways sport science influence social science in general. Does sport science bring new questions in relation to issues like "what makes a society possible" or "what is a human being"? This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.


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