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Sport and Leisure in Social Thought

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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.

Author(s): Grant Jarvie
Edition: 1
Year: 1994

Language: English
Pages: 288

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction: Sport and leisure in social thought......Page 12
Functionalism, solidarity and social stratification......Page 16
Interpretative sociology: Rationalisation, cultural pessimism and the search for meaning......Page 40
Beyond conventional pluralism......Page 78
Classical Marxism, political economy and beyond......Page 97
Culture as a war of position and a way of life......Page 119
Figurations, power and civilising processes......Page 141
Feminist thought and the boundaries of sisterhood......Page 172
Fields of power, habitus and distinction......Page 194
Beyond modernity and the problems of postmodernism......Page 222
Dependency and globalisation: Sport, leisure and global processes......Page 241
Index......Page 275