Critical Realist Theory of Sport

This book argues that sport in the era of global or financialised capitalism has undergone a process of fracturing, which requires a re-assessment of longstanding and consensual accounts of traditional-to-modern sporting activity. Considering rival concepts of sport, it presents detailed, illustrative studies of various types of sporting or athletic activity - including soccer, cricket, rugby and track and field - to advance an alternative sociological understanding of sport rooted in the philosophies and theories of critical realism and critical theory. As such, A Critical Realist Theory of Sport will appeal to scholars of sociology and social theory with interests in sport, research methods and critical realist thought.

Summary

This book argues that sport in the era of global or financialised capitalism has undergone a process of fracturing, which requires a re-assessment of longstanding and consensual accounts of traditional-to-modern sporting activity.

Product details

• Authors: Scambler Graham, Graham Scambler, Graham (University College London Scambler
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 30.12.2022
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9780367743185
• ISBN: 978-0-367-74318-5
• Pages: 188
• Series: Routledge Studies in Critical Realism
• Subjects: Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, Sports & outdoor recreation, Society and culture: general, Sports and Active outdoor recreation, qualitative sociological analysis, sociological critique of capitalist sport systems, athletic identity construction, globalisation and sport, sports modernity transformation