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| #948177 in Books | Belknap Press | 2006-04-10 | 2006-05-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.06 x.98 x4.72l,.68 | File type: PDF | 272 pages | ||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| To what end praise?|By J. S. Custer|Overall, I found this book worth reading, a rather broadly-ranging philosophical foray into popular culture. In the hands of a good teacher, it could serve as a non-threatening introduction to philosophy for undergraduates otherwise unlikely to be drawn to such pursuits.
In the end, however, I remain unconvinced. I would like to|From Publishers Weekly|With this study of athletic aesthetics, Stanford literature professor Gumbrecht scores as the sports world's answer to Marshall McLuhan. Noting high culture's condescension toward athletic events and stars, Gumbrecht sees America's sports
By the hundreds of millions we show up, stand in line, turn on, and tune in to watch, mesmerized, as athletes perform. And yet this experience, so widely craved and intensely felt, we commonly dismiss as "only a game." A book that looks beyond the usual explanations of why sports fascinates, In Praise of Athletic Beauty also strives for a language that can frame--even enhance --the pleasure we take in watching athletic events.
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.In Praise of Athletic Beauty | Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
