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.

List of contents

Introduction: A Critical Realist Theory of Sport

1. The Case for a Revised Sociology of Sport

2. A Critical Realist Frame

3. From Hyper-rationalisation to the Fractured Society

4. Global System versus Local Lifeworld

5. A Case Study: Rugby as 'Tribal Warfare'

6. Sociology and Sport in the Fractured Society

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: Graham Scambler, Graham (University College London Scambler, Scambler Graham
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9780367743185
• ISBN: 978-0-367-74318-5
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Routledge Studies in Critical Realism
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, Sports & outdoor recreation, Society and culture: general, Sports and Active outdoor recreation