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Sport and Work [Social Work and Social Issues]
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- ISBN
- 9780231052009
- Item Length
- 0.9in
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Publication Year
- 1981
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Sociology / General, General, Sociology of Sports
- Item Width
- 0.6in
- Item Weight
- 12.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 127 Pages
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Faster, higher, stronger, said Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Modern Olympic Games. And since 1896, whenever each Olympiad has convened, that motto has been realized. Indeed, the quest for greater achievement has become the goal of every sport.In "Sport and Work," Bero Rigauer argues that the pressure exerted upon athletes for faster, higher, stronger performances has dehumanized the athlete, transforming him into the tool of a tightly ordered social system while corrupting the purpose of sport. Sport, Rigauer declares, is merely disguised work. And like the working world, it has become specialized, bureacratized, inhumane, and repressive.Published in West Germany in 1969, "Sport and Work" was recognized immediately as a fundamental and original critique of the role of sports in modern society. Now Allen Guttmann's translation and introduction demonstrate that there is no other work in English that is as extensive or that even approaches Rigauer's point of view.Basing his critique on a neo-Marxist perspective, Rigauer rejects the blind sports fanaticism of Marxist scholarship. He dissects all sports structures, be they East German, Soviet, or American. His argument rests on several premises: that achievement in sport has become a model for achievement in the workplace; that the two worlds share the same language; that training schedules, as they are tiresome, tedious, and mechanical, no longer resemble the contest but rather the nine-to-five
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231052006
ISBN-13
9780231052009
eBay Product ID (ePID)
75914
Product Key Features
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, General, Sociology of Sports
Publication Year
1981
Type
Textbook
Genre
Sports & Recreation, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
127 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.9in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
0.6in
Item Weight
12.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
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College Graduate Student
Publication Name
Sport and Work
Copyright Date
1981
Lccn
81-000793
Dewey Decimal
306/.36
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
19
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