Holism and the cultivation of excellence in sports and performance : skillful striving
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Holism and the cultivation of excellence in sports and performance : skillful striving
(Ethics and sport)
Routledge, 2016
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Holism and the Cultivation of Excellence in Sports and Performance is a multi-methodological and cross-cultural examination of how we flourish holistically through performative endeavors, e.g., sports, martial and performing arts. Relying primarily on sport philosophy, value theory, phenomenology, philosophy of mind, pragmatism, and East Asian philosophies (Japanese and Chinese), it espouses thick holism. Concerned with an integrative bodymind gradually achieved through performance that aims at excellence, the process of self-cultivation proper of thick holism relies on an ecologically rich epistemic landscape where skills are coupled to virtues in pragmatic contexts. Ultimately, this process results in admirable performances and exemplary character. Japanese do (practices of self-cultivation) are prominent modes and models of such flourishing. A holistic and radically enactive approach that advances contentless capacities in lieu of representations transparently accounts for the kind of action that characterizes such expert performances. Importantly, these performer-centered endeavors unfold within communities that foster the cultivation of our abilities as lifelong quests for human excellence. Each chapter can be read independently but still forms part of a continuous argumentative and narrative thread. This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.
Table of Contents
Preface. Introduction. Skillful Striving: Holism and the Cultivation of Excellence in Sports and Performative Endeavors. 1. Nothing New Under the Sun-Holism and the Pursuit of Excellence. 2. William James-Pragmatic Pioneer. 3. John Dewey-Experiential Maverick. 4. Jose Ortega y Gasset: Exuberant Steed. 5. Zhuangzi-Playful wanderer. 6. Waking Up From The Cognitivist Dream-The Computational View of the Mind and High Performance. 7. Riding The Wind-Consummate Performance, Phenomenology, and Skillful Fluency. 8. Fractured Action-Choking in Sport and its Lessons for Excellence. 9. Reflections on a Katana- The Japanese Pursuit of Performative Mastery. 10. Everything Mysterious Under the Moon-Social Practices and Situated Epilogue. Appendix. Much Ado About Nothing.
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