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Greek Athletics and the Genesis of Sport

by: Sansone, D.

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Category: Ancient Sports / Nikephoros - Zeitschrift fur Sport und Kultur im Altertum / Nikephoros Beihefte
Code: 6449
ISBN-13: 9780520080959
ISBN-10: 0520080955
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Date: 1992
Publication Place: Berkeley
Binding: Paper
Pages: 136
Book Condition: New
Comments: First Published 1988

 Greek Athletics and the Genesis of Sport
David Sansone
Edited by: David Sansone

About this book
How is sport in contemporary society related to sport in earlier civilizations? Why is the expenditure of energy involved in sport considered exhilarating, while the equivalent expenditure of energy in other contexts can be dispiriting? David Sansone offers answers to these questions and advances a revolutionary thesis to account for the widespread phenomenon of sport. Drawing upon ethnological findings to demonstrate the ritual character of sport, he explores the relationship between ancient Greek sport and sacrificial ritual and traces elements common to both back to primitive origins.

 
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Greek Athletics and the Genesis of Sport

by: Sansone, D.

  • ISBN-13: 9780520080959
  • ISBN-03: 0520080955
  • University of California Press, Berkeley, 1992

Price: 29,00 EURO

1 copy in stock