Sport has gained increasing importance for welfare society. In
this process, however, the term of ?sport? has become less and less
clear. Larger parts of what nowadays is called ?sport for all? are
non-competitive and derived from traditions of gymnastics, dance,
festivity, games, outdoor activities, and physical training rather
than from classical modern elite sports. This requires new
philosophical approaches, as the philosophy of sport, so far, has
been dominated by topics of elite sports.
Based on Scandinavian experiences, the book presents studies
about festivities of sport, outdoor activities, song and movement,
and play and game. The engagement of elderly people challenges
sports. Games get political significance in international
cooperation, for peace culture and as means against poverty (in
Africa). The empirical studies result in philosophical analyses on
the recognition of folk practice in education and on relations
between identity and recognition.
The study of ?sport for all? opens up for new ways of
phenomenological knowledge, moving bottom-up from sport to the
philosophy of "the individual," of event, of nature, and of human
energy. Popular sports give inspiration to a philosophy of practice
as well as to a phenomenological understanding of ?the people?, of
civil society and the ?demos? of democracy ? as folk in
movement.
This book was published as a special issue in Sport, Ethics and
Philosophy.
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