Dialectics As Sport

Author : Felix Lebed,Michael Bar-Eli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781136661143

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Complexity and Control in Team Sports by Felix Lebed,Michael Bar-Eli Pdf

Complexity and Control in Team Sports is the first book to apply complex systems theory to ‘soccer-like’ team games (including basketball, handball and hockey) and to present a framework for understanding and managing the elite sports team as a multi-level complex system. Conventional organizational studies have tended to define team sports as a set of highly heterogeneous physical, mental and cognitive activities within which it is difficult, if not impossible, to find common behavioural playing regularities or universal pedagogies for controlling those activities. Adopting a whole system approach, and exploring the concepts of control, regulation and self-organization, this book argues that it is possible for coaches, managers and psychologists to develop a better understanding of how a complex system works, and therefore, to more successfully manage and influence a team’s performance. This book draws on literature from the biological, behavioural and social sciences, including, psychology, sociology and sports performance analysis, to develop a detailed, interdisciplinary and multi-level picture of the elite sports team. It analyzes behaviour across five inter-connected levels: the team as a ‘managed institution’; coaching staff controlling players via cybernetic flows; the team as a playing unit; the individual player as a complex dynamic system expressed through behaviour; and a player’s complex physiological/biological system. Drawing these together, the book throws fascinating new light on the elite sports team and will be useful reading for all students, researchers or professionals with an interest in sport psychology, sport management, sport coaching, sport performance analysis or complex systems theory.

Author : Sophia Jowett,David Lavallee
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0736057803

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Social Psychology in Sport by Sophia Jowett,David Lavallee Pdf

The book is designed to allow readers to study issues in isolation or as part of a course or a module. The five main parts are Relationships in Sport, Coach Leadership and Group Dynamics, Motivational Climate, Key Social and Cognitive Processes in Sport, and The Athlete in the Wider Sport Environment. Each chapter is cross-referenced and provides a clear description of the topic and a concise theoretical overview along with a discussion of existing research. The chapters also introduce new research ideas, suggest practical research applications, and conclude with summaries and questions to help instructors engage the class in discussion and to help students follow the key points."--Publisher's website.

Author : Tom Donovan
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781628941647

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Dialectic of Enlightenment as Sport by Tom Donovan Pdf

In their Dialectic of Enlightenment, Horkheimer and Adorno set out to "explain why humanity, instead of entering a truly human state, is sinking into a new kind of barbarism." Philosophy teacher Tom Donovan (PhD UCRiverside) offers a fresh reading of that classic text showing that it is first and foremost a critique of the metaphysical urge. Describing our world of "stupid consumption, mindless entertainment, and perverted games and relationships" he notes, "these sorts of games have no end game, as fantasy spectators never really win, and yet they don’t see it because they are too busy watching the other lose. This is the secret of class society. As long as there is someone below you, then lack of reconciliation doesn’t hurt so badly." Citing the Super Bowl, Clippers owner Donald Sterling, basketball players like LeBron James, plus the Kardashians, mega churches, and comedians like Jon Stewart, Donovan gives us a new understanding of our age and how the broken threads that are today’s Capitalism, religion, and sports contribute to unraveling the fabric of Modernity. Against readings that claim that Dialectic of Enlightenment is a simple critique of instrumental reason that ultimately undermines rationality itself, Dr. Donovan argues that the real critique is aimed at the metaphysical urge itself. As such, rationality itself is not the target of attack nor is the notion of enlightenment. Taking Adorno's and Horkheimer's example of the Marquis de Sade, the author observes, "…Sade can only find pleasure in domination. The fear of the outside has morphed into fear of a reconciled world, fear of a world where everyone treats each other as ends in themselves. A society like this can tolerate porn but not socialism, a society like this won’t miss the ice-caps but wouldn't miss the Super Bowl, a society like this lets civilization sink into barbarism so long as they can watch The Bachelor. Stylistically this book attempts to rationally mimic the fragmentary nature of Dialectic of Enlightenment so that through form and content the argument of the book will emerge dialectically. Readers will see that Dialectic of Enlightenment actually offers a positive conception of enlightenment and a philosophical instance of the use of dialectics. The book is for readers interested in critiques of capitalism and religion, and sports in America, as well as Marxism and Critical Theory. It will intrigue academics interested in the Frankfurt School and the idea of the "Metaphysical Urge."

Author : Tom Donovan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1628941634

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Dialectic of Enlightenment As Sport by Tom Donovan Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Sports administration
ISBN : OCLC:1062959298

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Complexity and Control in Team Sports by Anonim Pdf

Author : Felix Lebed
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781003848332

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Reflections on Play, Sport, and Culture by Felix Lebed Pdf

The psychological dependence of humanity on playing is huge. Its nature and functional utility are unclear. These linked yet contradictory issues have created the intrigue that has fed philosophical thought for more than two hundred years. During this period, philosophy transferred many of the subjects of its analysis to the aegis of the humanities that it spawned. Each of them pays close attention to human play and studies it with its own methods of theoretical and experimental research. Thus, what was once a general philosophical comprehension of human play has branched out into different directions, definitions, and theories. This new book represents a renewed general view of human play. The unique quality of the volume lies in its fairly rare interdisciplinary methodology, encompassing a broad spectrum of the humanities: philosophy, anthropology, sociology, and the history of play, and behavioral analysis of playing, which have been done by the author. As a result, the volume ends with the proposition of a new general approach to human play that is named by the author “play field theory”. Such an approach makes reflections on play, sport, and culture a source for all scholars studying play, by widening their knowledge through both a new general view and their familiarization with notions from neighboring fields and disciplines.

Author : James Skinner,Allan Edwards,Aaron C.T. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000319347

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Qualitative Research in Sport Management by James Skinner,Allan Edwards,Aaron C.T. Smith Pdf

Good qualitative research can help sport management researchers and industry professionals solve difficult problems and better understand their organisations, stakeholders and performance. Now in a fully revised and extended new edition, this book is a user-friendly introduction to qualitative methods in sport management. Covering the full research process from research planning to reporting results, this edition includes expanded coverage of cutting-edge areas including digital and social media research, critical realism, and social network analysis. The book examines the reflective and interrogative processes required for developing effective qualitative research questions and includes a deeper discussion of ontology and epistemology in the light of today’s rapidly changing society. It takes the reader step-by-step through essential and emerging qualitative methods, from actor network theory and ethnography to computer-assisted data analysis and sampling typologies. Every chapter includes examples of real qualitative research, including shorter "research briefs" and extended case studies, reflecting the exciting qualitative research that is currently occurring in sport business and management, and highlighting the links between research and sport management practice. This is essential reading for courses in sport management, sport business, sport policy, sport marketing, sport media, and communications. It provides students, researchers, and practitioners with the knowledge and skills to undertake qualitative research while deepening their understanding of how the social world can be perceived and interpreted through a particular theoretical lens. Useful online materials include recommended readings and PowerPoint slides.

Author : Felix Lebed,Michael Bar-Eli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415672887

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Complexity and Control in Team Sports by Felix Lebed,Michael Bar-Eli Pdf

Complexity and Control in Team Sports is the first book to apply complex systems theory to 'soccer-like' team games (including basketball, handball and hockey) and to present a framework for understanding and managing the elite sports team as a multi-level complex system. It analyzes behaviour across five inter-connected levels: the team as a 'managed institution'; coaching staff controlling players via cybernetic flows; the team as a playing unit; the individual player as a complex dynamic system expressed through behaviour; and a player's complex physiological/biological system. Drawing these together, the book throws fascinating new light on the elite sports team and will be useful reading for all students, researchers or professionals with an interest in sport psychology, sport management, sport coaching, sport performance analysis or complex systems theory.

Author : Paul Dimeo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317997733

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Drugs, Alcohol and Sport by Paul Dimeo Pdf

The use of alcohol and drugs seems contradictory to the popular ideal of sport as a healthy moral and physical pursuit, and yet it has been present in sports culture since clubs first became the focus for competitive games and social gatherings. Charting the changing patterns of the use of drugs and alcohol since the nineteenth century, this is a critical history that relates substance consumption and regulation to social relations of power: sports men and women almost revelling in their deviance and leaving the moral agonising to their supposed ‘superiors’. In addition, certain substances have become at various times the focus of heightened controversy, raising questions about the symbolism of the body in sport, its uses and behaviours and associated perceptions. These questions are tackled here in a lively discussion on the social construction of drug and alcohol use, ideal as a catalyst for debate or as an informed introduction to the hottest topic in sport today. This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport in History.

Author : Michal Varmus,Milan Kubina,Roman Adámik
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030667337

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Strategic Sport Management by Michal Varmus,Milan Kubina,Roman Adámik Pdf

Sport, and in particular the sporting environment, has undergone significant changes in recent decades. The social significance and commercialization of sport; the use of new technologies and organizational structures; and the involvement of various stakeholders matter more today than ever before. This book addresses the key influence of stakeholders in particular on the activities of sports organizations, taking into account certain territorial differences around the world, but also within Europe. The authors explain the key characteristics of the management of sports organizations as opposed to other organizations. These include the strategic management and setting of long-term goals such as sporting success, sustainable funding, youth training, and community building. The authors present a strategic model for these goals and stakeholders in the context of sport, together with research-based case studies in which the critical factors in the strategic management of successful and unsuccessful sports organizations are identified.

Author : Tom Donovan
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781628942125

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Dialectics as Sport by Tom Donovan Pdf

Author : David L. Andrews
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 082047438X

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Sport-- Commerce-- Culture by David L. Andrews Pdf

This collection of eight critical sociological essays by David L. Andrews on sport and culture is heavily influenced by the work of C. Wright Mills, which insisted on the need to anchor any examination of social existence within the historical moment and conditions that frame it.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780199213818

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A Dictionary of Sports Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter Chong-Beng Gan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789812874849

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Dialectics and the Sublime in Underhill's Mysticism by Peter Chong-Beng Gan Pdf

This book represents a study of Evelyn Underhill’s premier work on mysticism, using Hegel’s dialectics and Kant’s theory of the sublime as interpretive tools. It especially focuses on two prominent features of Underhill’s text: the description of the mystical life as one permeated by an intense love between the mystic and infinite reality, and the detailed delineation of stages of mystical development. Given these two features, the text lends itself to a construction of a valuable discourse predicated on dialecticism, sublimity, and mysticism. The book also articulates a number of insights into the content and nature of the writings of Christian mystics.

Author : Eveline T. Feteris,Bart Garssen,A. Francisca Snoeck Henkemans
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027287038

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Keeping in touch with Pragma-Dialectics by Eveline T. Feteris,Bart Garssen,A. Francisca Snoeck Henkemans Pdf

Keeping in touch with Pragma-Dialectics is written to honor Frans van Eemeren and his work in the field of argumentation theory on the occasion of his retirement. The volume contains 17 contributions from teams of authors consisting of a combination of a pragma-dialectician and one or two researchers with a different background in the field of argumentation. In this volume, comparisons between the pragma-dialectical approach and other approaches are made, aspects of strategic maneuvering such as the use of presentational techniques, adaptation to the audience and the selection of topics are dealt with and the influence of specific institutional contexts such as politics, medicine and internet forums on strategic maneuvering are discussed.