Leftist Theories of Sport: A Critique and Reconstruction

by William John Morgan and William J. Morgan

Book Overview

The degradation of modern sport--its commercialization, trivialization, widespread cheating, cult of athletic stars and celebrities, and manipulation by the media--has led to calls for its transformation. William J. Morgan constructs a critical theory of sport that shores up the weak arguments of past attempts and points a way forward to making sport more humane, compelling, and substantive. Drawing on the work of social theorists, Morgan challenges...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252063619
• ISBN13: 9780252063619
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"