Sport and leisure in social thought

Author(s)

• Jarvie, Grant
• Maguire, Joseph A.

Bibliographic Information

Sport and leisure in social thought

Grant Jarvie and Joseph Maguire

Routledge, 1994

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This much needed book examines all of the major traditions of social thought to clearly show their influence in our understanding of sport and leisure.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Functionalism, solidarity and social stratification
• Chapter 2 Interpretative sociology: Rationalisation, cultural pessimism and the search for meaning
• Chapter 3 Beyond conventional pluralism
• Chapter 4 Classical Marxism, political economy and beyond
• Chapter 5 Culture as a war of position and a way of life
• Chapter 6 Figurations, power and civilising processes
• Chapter 7 Feminist thought and the boundaries of sisterhood
• Chapter 8 Fields of power, habitus and distinction
• Chapter 9 Beyond modernity and the problems of postmodernism
• Chapter 10 Dependency and globalisation: Sport, leisure and global processes
• Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA23772017
• ISBN:
  • 0415077036
  • 0415077044
• LCCN: 94007261
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 272 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GV706.5
  • DC20 : 306.4/83
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sports -- Sociological aspects
  • LCSH : Leisure -- Sociological aspects