Games And Sport In Everyday Life

Author : Robert S. Perinbanayagam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317259374

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Games and Sport in Everyday Life by Robert S. Perinbanayagam Pdf

"This is a powerful, richly nuanced, evocative work; a stunning and brilliantly innovative pedagogical intervention. It provides ground zero-the starting place for the next generation of theorists who study the self, narrative theory, and the place of games and sport in everyday life. A stunning accomplishment by one of America's major social theorists." Norman K. Denzin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Games of many kinds have been played in all cultures throughout human history. This wide-ranging book explores the social and psychological processes involved in the playing of games. One player (or team) seeks to outwit another by undertaking various physical and communicative moves-not unlike conversations. Games have well-formed "narrative" structures, analogous to myths, that are enacted by each participant to give play to his/her self and its attendant emotions. These plays of the self enable each agent to seek adventures and heroic moments. Going beyond the mythmaking and catharsis that may be achieved by individuals, the author shows how games have been devised and played in particular societies and eras as means of promoting specific ideologies of a society, even social ideals such as utopias.

Author : Robert S. Perinbanayagam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1315634554

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Games and Sport in Everyday Life by Robert S. Perinbanayagam Pdf

Author : Nathan Hulsey
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781838679392

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Games in Everyday Life by Nathan Hulsey Pdf

In this book, Nathan Hulsey explores the links between game design, surveillance, computation, and the emerging technologies that impact our everyday lives at home, at work, and with our family and friends.

Author : Thelma S. Horn
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Goal (Psychology)
ISBN : 0736057358

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Advances in Sport Psychology by Thelma S. Horn Pdf

This third edition presents a thorough review of the literature and terminilogy in key topic areas. The clear explanation of potential research directions and the list of contributors make this a must-have book for students of sport psychology.

Author : R. S. Perinbanayagam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015063313467

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Games and Sport in Everyday Life by R. S. Perinbanayagam Pdf

Games of many kinds have been played in all cultures throughout human history. This book explores the social and psychological processes involved in the playing of games. It shows how games have been devised and played in particular societies and eras as means of promoting specific ideologies of a society, even social ideals such as utopias.

Author : H. A. Dorfman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781630761899

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Coaching the Mental Game by H. A. Dorfman Pdf

Whoever claims winning isn't everything obviously has not spoken with an athletic coach.Coaching the Mental Game offers coaches of all sports a definitive volume for effectively understanding an athlete's mental awareness, which in turn will help drive success. Author H.A. Dorfman details appropriate coaching strategies aimed at perfecting the player's mental approach to performance. Coaching the Mental Game will become the Bible for coaches who strive to make their athletes the most complete performers possible. Not only a wonderful asset to athletic coaches, this book will also prove to be a motivational resource for workers in all industries as well as in the game of life.

Author : Randall M. Miller,Theodore J. Zeman,Francis J. Sicius,Jolyon P. Girard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1208 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610690331

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Daily Life through American History in Primary Documents [4 volumes] by Randall M. Miller,Theodore J. Zeman,Francis J. Sicius,Jolyon P. Girard Pdf

With this book, students, teachers, and general readers get a most important look at primary documents—essentially history's "first draft"—revealing rare insights into how American life in past eras really was, and also about how professional historians begin their work. Daily Life through American History in Primary Documents presents a large sweep of American history through the voices of the American people themselves. This multivolume work explores the daily lives of American people from colonial times to the present through primary documents that include diaries, letters, memoirs, speeches, sermons, pamphlets, and all manner of public and private writings from "the people." The emphasis is on the variety of people's experiences as they ordered and lived their daily lives. The cast includes Americans of every class and condition, men and women, parents and children, free and "unfree," native-born and immigrant. Hundreds of images further illustrate American life as it developed over more than four centuries and as Americans moved across a continent. Organized both chronologically and topically, this collection invites many uses by students, teachers, librarians, and anyone wanting to discover what counted in American lives at any one time and over time. Its focus on primary documents encourages readers of the volume to explore specific and critical events by taking a firsthand look at the actual documents from which those events draw historical meaning. The documents show Americans at work, at home, at play, in the public square, in places of worship, and on the move. As such, they perfectly complement the acclaimed Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life in America and will enrich any American history, social science, and sociology classroom.

Author : Randolph Feezell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317423195

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Playing Games by Randolph Feezell Pdf

What is sport? Why does sport matter? How can we use philosophy to understand what sport means today? This engaging and highly original introduction to the philosophy of sport uses dialogue – a form of philosophical investigation – to address the fundamental questions in sport studies and to explore key contemporary issues such as fair play, gender, drug use, cheating, entertainment and identity. Providing a clear, informative and accessible introduction to the philosophy of sport, every chapter includes current sporting examples as well as review questions and guides to further reading. The dialogue form enables students to engage in debate and raise questions, while encouraging them to think from the perspectives of athlete, coach, spectator and philosopher. The issues raised present real and complex ethical dilemmas that relate to a variety of sports from around the world such as soccer, athletics, baseball, basketball, hockey and tennis. No other book brings this rich subject to life through the use of dialogue, making this an indispensable companion to any course on the philosophy or ethics of sport.

Author : Jay Coakley,Elizabeth Pike
Publisher : McGraw Hill
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780077160555

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EBOOK: Sports in Society by Jay Coakley,Elizabeth Pike Pdf

Using a topics-based approach organized around provocative questions about the interaction of sports, culture and society, Sports in Society presents an accessible introduction to research and theory in the sociology of sport. This new edition continues the legacy of the previous editions while introducing new material and examples that bring theory to life. Current debates in sports, such as how youth participation can be increased or sport funding allocated, have been integrated throughout the text to provide a holistic view of society. An Online Learning Centre accompanies this book offering a range of lecturer support materials as well as resources and tests for students.

Author : Jeffrey H. Goldstein
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135832353

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Sports, Games, and Play by Jeffrey H. Goldstein Pdf

This updated study of sports and recreation utilizes the most current research, introducing the latest innovations and analyses in new chapters while revising and expanding chapters from the previous edition. Presenting diverse methodological and conceptual approaches, this anthology reflects the current view of sports as a "natural laboratory" for ecologically valid research. This collection contains literature reviews, innovative theories and methods, and essays on various psychological and social aspects of sports, games, and organized play.

Author : Josee Johnston,Kate Cairns,Shyon Baumann
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317690672

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Introducing Sociology Using the Stuff of Everyday Life by Josee Johnston,Kate Cairns,Shyon Baumann Pdf

The challenges of teaching a successful introductory sociology course today demand materials from a publisher very different from the norm. Texts that are organized the way the discipline structures itself intellectually no longer connect with the majority of student learners. This is not an issue of pandering to students or otherwise seeking the lowest common denominator. On the contrary, it is a question of again making the practice of sociological thinking meaningful, rigorous, and relevant to today’s world of undergraduates. This comparatively concise, highly visual, and affordable book offers a refreshingly new way forward to reach students, using one of the most powerful tools in a sociologist’s teaching arsenal—the familiar stuff in students’ everyday lives throughout the world: the jeans they wear to class, the coffee they drink each morning, or the phones their professors tell them to put away during lectures. A focus on consumer culture, seeing the strange in the familiar, is not only interesting for students; it is also (the authors suggest) pedagogically superior to more traditional approaches. By engaging students through their stuff, this book moves beyond teaching about sociology to helping instructors teach the practice of sociological thinking. It moves beyond describing what sociology is, so that students can practice what sociological thinking can do. This pedagogy also posits a relationship between teacher and learner that is bi-directional. Many students feel a sense of authority in various areas of consumer culture, and they often enjoy sharing their knowledge with fellow students and with their instructor. Opening up the sociology classroom to discussion of these topics validates students’ expertise on their own life-worlds. Teachers, in turn, gain insight from the goods, services, and cultural expectations that shape students’ lives. While innovative, the book has been carefully crafted to make it as useful and flexible as possible for instructors aiming to build core sociological foundations in a single semester. A map on pages ii–iii identifies core sociological concepts covered so that a traditional syllabus as well as individual lectures can easily be maintained. Theory, method, and active learning exercises in every chapter constantly encourage the sociological imagination as well as the "doing" of sociology.

Author : Mia Consalvo,Konstantin Mitgutsch,Abe Stein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781136191992

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Sports Videogames by Mia Consalvo,Konstantin Mitgutsch,Abe Stein Pdf

From Pong to Madden NFL to Wii Fit, Sports Videogames argues for the multiple ways that sports videogames—alongside televised and physical sports—impact one another, and how players and viewers make sense of these multiple forms of play and information in their daily lives. Through case studies, ethnographic explorations, interviews and surveys, and by analyzing games, players, and the sports media industry, contributors from a wide variety of disciplines demonstrate the depth and complexity of games that were once considered simply sports simulations. Contributors also tackle key topics including the rise of online play and its implications for access to games, as well as how regulations surrounding player likenesses present challenges to the industry. Whether you’re a scholar or a gamer, Sports Videogames offers a grounded, theory-building approach to how millions make sense of videogames today.

Author : Zachary J. Goldberg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319503592

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Reflections on Ethics and Responsibility by Zachary J. Goldberg Pdf

The original essays in this book address the influential writings of Peter A. French on the nature of responsibility, ethics, and moral practices. French’s contributions to a wide spectrum of philosophical discussions have made him a dominant figure in the fields of normative ethics, meta-ethics, applied ethics, as well as legal and political philosophy. Many of French’s deepest insights come from identifying and exploring the scope and nature of moral responsibility and human agency as they appear in actual events, real social and cultural practices, as well as in literature and film. This immediacy renders French’s scholarship vital and accessible to a wide variety of audiences. The authors, recognized for their own contributions to the understanding of the nature of morality and moral practices offer new and unique positions while exploring, expanding and responding to those of French. The final chapter is written by French, in which he provides both new philosophical insight as well as some reflection on his own work and its influence. This book will appeal to philosophers, as well as advanced students and researchers in the humanities, social sciences, law, and political science.

Author : John Haigh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783030330873

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Mathematics in Everyday Life by John Haigh Pdf

How does mathematics impact everyday events? Through concrete examples from business, sport, games, computing, and society, this book explores the mathematics underpinning our everyday lives. The examples covered in the book include game shows, internet search engines, mortgage payments, drug testing, soccer tournaments, social inequality, voting, and much more. Throughout, the reader's mathematical knowledge is broadened with new topics such as differential equations, eigenvalues of matrices, linear programming, and modular arithmetic. Fully worked examples illustrate the ideas discussed and each chapter includes exercises to develop the reader's understanding. This new edition has been thoroughly updated, and includes a completely new chapter on applications of mathematics to computing. Mathematics in Everyday Life supports beginning university students in science and engineering by offering extra practice in calculus, linear algebra, geometry, trigonometry, elementary number theory, and probability. Students whose degree course includes writing an extended mathematical essay will find many suitable topics here, with pointers to extend and develop the material.

Author : Andrew Edgar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781134913596

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Sport and Art by Andrew Edgar Pdf

Sport and Art explores relationship of sport to art. It does not argue that sport is one of the arts, but rather that sport and art hold common ground. Both are ways in which humans confront philosophical challenges, though they do this through very different media. While art deploys sensual media such as paint or sound, sport is the pursuit of a physical challenge at which the athlete may fail. This is to propose, in an argument that has its roots in Hegel’s aesthetics, that sport may be interpreted as a way of reflecting upon metaphysical and normative issues, such as the nature of human freedom, fate and chance, and even our sense of space and time. This argument is developed by proposing the concept of a ‘sportworld’, an ‘atmosphere of theory’ and a ‘knowledge of history’ through which an event is interpreted and thereby constituted as sport. Ultimately, Sport and Art argues that in order to be truly appreciated, sport must be understood within a modernist aesthetics. That is to say that sport is not about beauty, but rather about the struggle to find meaning in sporting triumph and crucially sporting failure. This book was published as a special issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.