Grupe / Kurz / Teipel The Scientific View of Sport

Perspectives, Aspects, Issues
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-3-642-65459-6
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, eBook

progress and happiness - however these terms may be understood in detail - as a significant and constitutive element of scientific inquiry. In this sense the question of the way in which sport really benefits people and contributes to their happiness, and under which individual and social conditions, is a scientific question. It assumes special significance when the fact is taken into account that in the field of sport science a general scepticism is shown towards those dogmas and pedagogical theses which take such an interpretation for granted in the absence of a firm empirical foundation and a critically evolved theory. Sport and Sport Science Sport and exercise, physical culture and education in sport (physical training), gymnastics and touring combined with some form of sport are-as the present report distinctly shows-all over the world among the most striking social phenom ena of today. At first sight they seem to be uncomplicated, clear and comprehensible for everybody; they stand for a type of solidarity which is independent of differences in ideological-political outlook, and sometimes exhibit an almost archaic intensity and attraction; they are supported by the active participation or at least the interest of very many people in many parts of the world and are endued with specific func tions, varying in importance, of a medical (therapeutical, prophylactic, rehabilitative), pedagogical, psychological and social character.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grupe, O.

Kurz, D.

Teipel, M.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Baitsch, H.

Bock, H.-E.

Bolte, M.

Bokler, W.

Grupe, O.

Heidland, H.-W.

Lotz, F.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Perspectives of the Philosophy of Sport.- Sport as a Medium of Self- and Life-Fulfilment.- Sport as “Excess Strength” and a Root of Creative Living.- Sport as Play.- Sport as an Aesthetic Phenomenon.- Sport as “Ethical Training”.- Sport as a Reaction Compensating for and Adjusting to the Conditions of Living in the World of Industrial Labour.- Sport as a Sign-World.- Sport as Safety-Valve for Aggression, Instinctive Reaction for the Preservation of the Race, and Discharge through Appetency.- Sport as a Means in the Class Struggle, of Increasing Production and Overcoming Alienation.- Sport as Symbolized Father-Son Conflict and as Substitute Narcissistic Satisfaction.- Sport in Theological Perspective.- Sport in Catholic Theology in the 20th Century.- Problems and Trends in Protestant Theology.- Sport and Non-Christian Religions.- On Sociology of Sport — General Orientation and Its Trends in the Literature.- The Problem of Definition.- Methodological Approaches in Sociology of Sport.- Institutions and Disciplines Engaged in the Sociology of Sport.- Organization at the Material and Theoretical Levels.- Programmatic Theoretical and Methodological Discussions.- Sport and the Socio-Cultural System.- Sport as a Sub-System and Its Structure.- Sport and Institutions.- Sport and Social Problems.- Miscellaneous.- Summary and Conclusion.- Sport from the Educational and Psychological Points of View.- The Pedagogics of Sport in West European Countries.- Sport Psychology in West European Countries.- Sport Psychology in the Socialist Countries of Europe.- Sport Pedagogics in the United States.- Sport Psychology in North America.- Sport and Sport Psychology in Japan.- Contributions to Sport Medicine.- Lung Function, Respiration, and Metabolism in Sport.- Adaptation ofMetabolism in Sport.- The Effects of Training on the Heart and Circulation.- Sport Injuries and Damage to the Locomotor System.- List of Contributors.