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This book celebrates the life and career of Eric Dunning. Eric Dunning was a pioneer of the sociology of sport, firstly known for his ground-breaking theoretical work with Norbert Elias, and his study of the development of football. The chapters in this book were originally published in Sport in Society.
List of contents
1. Scholar, gentleman and player: a tribute to Eric Dunning 2. The Contribution of Eric Dunning to the Sociology of Sport: The Foundations 3. Putting football on the academic map: Eric Dunning and the study of association football 4. ‘Amateurism’ as a Sociological Problem: Some Reflections Inspired by Eric Dunning 5. The Leicester School and the Study of Football Hooliganism 6. Making sense of ‘Ireland’, sport and identity: the craft of doing sociology 7. A quest for relaxation? A figurational analysis of the transformation of yoga into a global leisure time phenomenon 8. Bullying in male physical education: a figurational sociological analysis 9. The spectacularization of violence in contemporary US bare-knuckle fighting 10. The Germans: no sports but only drills and exercises? 11. Health and democratization as contradictory policy goals: sport in Zaragoza city 12. Physical Education and Figurational Sociology: An Appreciation of the Work of Eric Dunning 13. On whiskey, generational osmosis, and thinking ‘til it hurts: Eric Dunning and the Canadian Sociology of Sport Figuration
About the author
Dominic Malcolm is Professor in the Sociology of Sport at Loughborough University, UK, and Editor of International Review for Sociology of Sport. His core research interests draw on and apply the theoretical ideas of Norbert Elias’s figurational sociology to two substantive areas: the social development of cricket; and sport, health and medicine.
Ivan Waddington is Visiting Professor at the University of Chester, UK. His edited and authored books include Sport, Health and Drugs (2000), Sport Histories (2004), Pain and Injury in Sport (2006), and An Introduction to Drugs in Sport. Addicted to Winning (2009).
Summary
This book celebrates the life and career of Eric Dunning. Eric Dunning was a pioneer of the sociology of sport, firstly known for his ground-breaking theoretical work with Norbert Elias, and his study of the development of football. The chapters in this book were originally published in Sport in Society.
