Mortal engines : the science of performance and the dehumanization of sport
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Mortal engines : the science of performance and the dehumanization of sport
Free Press , Maxwell Macmillan Canada , Maxwell Macmillan International, c1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-355) and index
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Hoberman argues that the example of Ben Johnson was the logical outcome of a sporting ethos which seeks ever greater speed and strength - the creation of a man-machine - and the financial corruption of the Olympic ethos. Normal human limits are being exceeded but at a great physical and perhaps moral cost as sport becomes increasingly de-humanized.
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