Sport and Leisure in Social Thought

by Grant Jarvie, Joseph Maguire

Overview

This much needed book examines all of the major traditions of social thought to clearly show their influence in our understanding of sport and leisure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415077040
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/03/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Grant Jarvie is Professor of Sport and Leisure Research at Heriot-Watt University,
/ Joseph Maguire is Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Loughborough University.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Functionalism, solidarity and social stratification; Chapter 2 Interpretative sociology: Rationalisation, cultural pessimism and the search for meaning; Chapter 3 Beyond conventional pluralism; Chapter 4 Classical Marxism, political economy and beyond; Chapter 5 Culture as a war of position and a way of life; Chapter 6 Figurations, power and civilising processes; Chapter 7 Feminist thought and the boundaries of sisterhood; Chapter 8 Fields of power, habitus and distinction; Chapter 9 Beyond modernity and the problems of postmodernism; Chapter 10 Dependency and globalisation: Sport, leisure and global processes; Index;

Editorial Reviews

'... show how sport and leisure have contributed to a better understanding of contemporary socialogical themes such as the body, globalization, social space, the environment, consumption, nationalism, and social inequality.' - Leisure Recreation & Tourism Abstracts

'They have done their task well and have produced what is arguably the best introduction to the sociology of sport yet published.' - Sociological Review

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