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Kinetic Beauty

The Philosophical Aesthetics of Sport

Jason Holt author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:12th Nov '19

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Sport aesthetics is an important but often marginalized field in the philosophy of sport. Kinetic Beauty offers a comprehensive, principled, pluralist introduction to the philosophical aesthetics of sport.

The book tackles a wide variety of issues in the philosophical aesthetics of sport, proposing a five-level analysis that coordinates extant scholarship on the same conceptual map, reveals gaps in the literature, and motivates a fresh perspective on stubborn debates and novel topics in the field (for example, the aesthetic experience of athletes, aesthetic biases in sport, the paradox of sport fiction, and whether dance can be sport).

This is an excellent resource for professors and students in the philosophy of sport, sport aesthetics, general aesthetics, and the philosophy of art. It is also a fascinating read for those working in kinesiology, sport studies, philosophy, art, and aesthetics.

Outstanding Research Project Award, Faculty of Professional Studies, Acadia University

ISBN: 9780367335328

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 260g

126 pages