A critical realist theory of sport
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A critical realist theory of sport
（Routledge studies in critical realism）
Routledge, 2023
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-174) and index
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Description
This book argues that sport in the era of global or financialised capitalism has undergone a process of fracturing, which requires a re-assessment of longstanding and consensual accounts of traditional-to-modern sporting activity. Considering rival concepts of sport, it presents detailed, illustrative studies of various types of sporting or athletic activity - including soccer, cricket, rugby and track and field - to advance an alternative sociological understanding of sport rooted in the philosophies and theories of critical realism and critical theory. As such, A Critical Realist Theory of Sport will appeal to scholars of sociology and social theory with interests in sport, research methods and critical realist thought.
Table of Contents
Introduction: A Critical Realist Theory of Sport
1. The Case for a Revised Sociology of Sport
2. A Critical Realist Frame
3. From Hyper-rationalisation to the Fractured Society
4. Global System versus Local Lifeworld
5. A Case Study: Rugby as 'Tribal Warfare'
6. Sociology and Sport in the Fractured Society
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