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Watching Sport - Aesthetics, Ethics and Emotion (Paperback)
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Watching Sport - Aesthetics, Ethics and Emotion (Paperback)
Series: Ethics and Sport
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Do we watch sport for pure dumb entertainment? While some people
might do so, Stephen Mumford argues that it can be watched in other
ways. Sport can be both a subject of high aesthetic values and a
valid source for our moral education. The philosophy of sport has
tended to focus on participation, but this book instead examines
the philosophical issues around watching sport. Far from being a
passive experience, we can all shape the way that we see sport.
Delving into parallels with art and theatre, this book outlines the
aesthetic qualities of sport from the incidental beauty of a
well-executed football pass to the enshrined artistic
interpretation in performed sports such as ice-skating and
gymnastics. It is argued that the purist literally sees sport in a
different way from the partisan, thus the aesthetic perception of
the purist can be validated. The book moves on to examine the moral
lessons that are to be learned from watching sport, depicting it as
a contest of virtues. The morality of sport is demonstrated to be
continuous with, rather than separate from, the morality in wider
life, and so each can inform the other. Watching sport is then
recognized as a focus of profound emotional experiences. Collective
emotion is particularly considered alongside the nature of
allegiance. Finally, Mumford considers why we care about sport at
all. Addressing universal themes, this book will appeal to a broad
audience across philosophical disciplines and sports studies.
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