Sport and Leisure in Social Thought - Hardcover

Jarvie, Grant; Maguire, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415077036 ISBN 13: 9780415077033

Publisher: Routledge, 1994

Synopsis

Sport and Leisure in Social Thought This introduction to sociological theory and the sociology of sport and leisure attempts to capture the breadth of sociological thinking about sport and leisure. It shows how sport and leisure have contributed to our understanding of contemporary sociological themes.

About this title

Product Description:

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.

Synopsis:

Above all else this book is written for undergraduate and graduate students who over the years have asked for a single text that will introduce them not only to sociological theory, but also the sociology of sport and leisure. This book attempts to capture the breadth of sociological thinking about sport and leisure. Too often a doctrinal quality is given to particular sociological traditions of social thought. It is as if a particular theory is fully developed and all that remains is to test it against "the facts". Specialist texts have tended to champion particular traditions of thought so that the breadth and diversity of sociological traditions which are relevant in understanding sport and leisure has been under-estimated. This book attempts to transcend this situation. As well as a discussion of the major sociological traditions it also shows how sport and leisure has contributed to our understanding of contemporary sociological themes such as the body, globalization, social space, the environment, consumption, nationalism and social inequality.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0415077036
• ISBN 13: 9780415077033
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 282