Booktopia has been placed into Voluntary Administration. Orders have been temporarily suspended, whilst the process for the recapitalisation of Booktopia and/or sale of its business is completed, following which services may be re-established. All enquiries from creditors, including customers with outstanding gift cards and orders and placed prior to 3 July 2024, please visit https://www.mcgrathnicol.com/creditors/booktopia-group/
Add free shipping to your order with these great books
A Philosopher Looks at Sport : Philosopher Looks at - Stephen Mumford

A Philosopher Looks at Sport

By: Stephen Mumford

Paperback | 20 May 2021

Sorry, we are not able to source the book you are looking for right now.

We did a search for other books with a similar title, however there were no matches. You can try selecting from a similar category, click on the author's name, or use the search box above to find your book.

Why is sport so important among participants and spectators when its goals seem so pointless?

Stephen Mumford's book introduces the reader to a host of philosophical topics found in sport, and argues that sports activities reflect diverse human experiences - including important values that we continue to contest. The author explores physicality, competition, how sport is best defined, ethics in sport, and issues of inclusion such as disability sports, the gender divide, and transgender athletes.

His book is written for anyone who is thoughtful, a sports enthusiast, or both, and will deepen our understanding of sport and its place in our lives.

This new series offers short and personal perspectives by expert thinkers on topics that we all encounter in our everyday lives.
Industry Reviews
'...thoughtful and intelligently written.' Houman Barekat, TLS
'Mumford has written an interesting book. It is well written and well-argued and has good examples and cases to illustrate key points. It is furthermore a non-technical and relatively short book. This is a good place to start for people interested in deeper aspects of sports than one finds in the media and in superficial literature.' Gunnar Breivik, idrottsforum.org

More in Social & Political Philosophy

The Republic : Penguin Classics - Plato

RRP $17.99

$17.25

Entitled : How Male Privilege Hurts Women - Kate Manne
Unshrinking : How to Fight Fatphobia - Kate Manne

RRP $36.99

$33.25

10%
OFF
Uncivilised : Ten Lies that Made the West - Subhadra Das
Five Rings - Miyamoto Musashi

FREE SHIPPING

Flexi Bound Book

RRP $22.99

$21.90

Practical Ethics - Peter Singer

RRP $55.95

$49.50

12%
OFF
The Communist Manifesto : The Political Classic - Karl Marx
Cancel Culture And The Left's Long March - Kevin dr DONNELLY

FREE SHIPPING

RRP $29.99

$20.95

30%
OFF
Russia's War Against Ukraine - Gwendolyn Sasse

RRP $26.95

$25.75

Trick Mirror : Reflections on Self-Delusion - Jia Tolentino
Saving Time : Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock - Jenny Odell
Global Governance Futures - Thomas G Weiss

RRP $69.99

$55.75

20%
OFF
Lost in Ideology : Interpreting Modern Political Life - Jason Blakely
Rousseau 2ed : The Discourses and Other Early Political Writings - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Theoretical Times - Steve Redhead

FREE SHIPPING

RRP $62.99

$56.75

10%
OFF
The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx

RRP $22.99

$21.90

Bruno Latour : Reassembling the Political - Graham Harman

FREE SHIPPING

The SAGE Handbook of Frankfurt School Critical Theory - Beverley Best

FREE SHIPPING