The Influence of the Protestant Ethic on Sport and Recreation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Influence of the Protestant Ethic on Sport and Recreation write by Steven J. Overman. This book was released on 1997. The Influence of the Protestant Ethic on Sport and Recreation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Why do Americans transform every type of play into competitive contests? Americans have institutionalized sport and recreation as an embodiment of national values. The nexus of these values is the Protestant ethic which emphasizes moral asceticism, rational labour, goal directed behaviour, and competitive achievement. This ethic has engendered the spirit and creed of American sport, labelled the American sport ethos. This ethos which has influenced many different sports with the result that Americans work at their play and imbue their feats with moral import.
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Sport
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Sport - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Sport write by Steven J. Overman. This book was released on 2011. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Sport available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Steven Overman explores the concordant values of the Protestant ethic, capitalism, and sport by applying German scholar Max Weber's seminal thesis. Weber demonstrated a relationship between the Protestant ethic and a form of economic behavior he labeled the ôcalling of capitalism.ö
Making Sense of Sports
Making Sense of Sports - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making Sense of Sports write by Ellis Cashmore. This book was released on 2010. Making Sense of Sports available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book looks at sport not just as recreation, but as an integral part of contemporary culture, with connections to industry, commerce and politics. It explores the history and theories of sport, and touches on more controversial issues.
The Erosion of the American Sporting Ethos
The Erosion of the American Sporting Ethos - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Erosion of the American Sporting Ethos write by Joel Nathan Rosen. This book was released on 2007-04-23. The Erosion of the American Sporting Ethos available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This volume provides an analysis of the nature of competition in contemporary American sport. This work traces American sport from American culture to the influence of the 1960s counterculture and the resulting rise of a post-Cold War ethos that continues to reinterpret competitiveness as a relic of a misbegotten past and anathema to American life"--Provided by publisher.
Ethics, Money and Sport
Ethics, Money and Sport - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethics, Money and Sport write by Adrian Walsh. This book was released on 2006-09-27. Ethics, Money and Sport available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Written from the contrasting yet complementary perspectives of sociology and philosophy, this book explores the far-reaching ethical consequences of the runaway commodification of sport, focusing on those instances where commodification gives rise to morally undesirable consequences. The authors consider three main areas of concern for participators and observers alike: the corrosion of the core meanings and values of sport, the increasing elitism of access to sporting commodities, and the undermining of social conditions that support sporting communities. Unique in its focus on the ethical dimension of the powerful economics of today’s sport, this book will be of interest, not only to those in the fields of sports studies and ethics of sport, but also to academics, researchers and students in philosophy of morality, sociology, and the ethics of globalization as viewed through the ultimate globalized phenomenon of modern sport.
