Greek Athletics and the Genesis of Sport

David Sansone (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

180 Seiten

1992
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-08095-9 (ISBN)

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Attempts to account for the widespread phenomenon of sport. Drawing upon ethnological findings to demonstrate the ritual character of sport, the text explores the relationship between ancient Greek sport and sacrificial ritual and traces elements common to both back to primitive origins.

How is sport in contemporary society related to sport in earlier civilizations? Why is the expenditure of energy involved in sport considered exhilarating, while the equivalent expenditure of energy in other contexts can be dispiriting? David Sansone offers answers to these questions and advances a revolutionary thesis to account for the widespread phenomenon of sport. Drawing upon ethnological findings to demonstrate the ritual character of sport, he explores the relationship between ancient Greek sport and sacrificial ritual and traces elements common to both back to primitive origins.

David Sansone is Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois, Urbana.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PRELUDE
Part One. The Genesis of Sport
Part Two. The Nature of Greek Athletics
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.12.1992
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-520-08095-5 / 0520080955
ISBN-13	978-0-520-08095-9 / 9780520080959
Zustand	Neuware