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Tennis and Philosophy [What...
Tennis smashed onto the worldwide athletic scene soon after its modern rules and equipment were introduced in nineteenth-century England. Exciting, competitive, and uniquely accessible to people of all ages and talent levels, tennis continues to enjoy popularity, both as a recreational activity and a spectator sport.Life imitates sport in Tennis and Philosophy. Editor David Baggett approaches tennis not only as a game but also as a surprisingly rich resource for philosophical analysis. He assembles a team of champion scholars, including David Foster Wallace, Robert R. Clewis, David Detmer, Mar
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monografia Rebiun36781909 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun36781909 m o d cr -n--------- 100222s2010 kyu o 00 0 eng d 2010006311 0-8131-5021-3 MdBmJHUP MdBmJHUP eng Tennis and Philosophy Recurso electrónico] What the Racket is All About edited by David Baggett 1st ed Lexington, Kentucky The University Press of Kentucky 2010 Lexington, Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky The University Press of Kentucky 2010 1 online resource (294 p.) 1 online resource (294 p.) The philosophy of popular culture Includes index Includes bibliographical references and index Federer as religious experience / David Foster Wallace -- Why Roger Federer is the best: or is it McEnroe? / David Baggett -- Why are all tennis films bad? / Mark R. Huston -- Excuses, excuses: inside the mind of a complainer / Kevin Kinghorn -- Authoritarian tennis parents: are their children really any worse off? / Kevin Kinghorn -- "You cannot be serious!" The ethics of rage in tennis / David Detmer -- Love-love: a fresh start at finding value and virtue in tennis / Tommy Valentini -- A court conversation / Robert R. Clewis -- Stabbing Seles: fans and fair play / Mark W. Foreman -- The "Kournikova phenomenon" / Helen Ditouras -- Losing beautifully / Mark R. Huston -- Arthur Ashe: philosopher in motion / Jeanine Weekes Schroer -- The ridiculous meets the radical in the battle of the sexes / Maureen Linker -- Friendship, rivalry, and excellence / David Baggett and Neil Delaney Jr Tennis smashed onto the worldwide athletic scene soon after its modern rules and equipment were introduced in nineteenth-century England. Exciting, competitive, and uniquely accessible to people of all ages and talent levels, tennis continues to enjoy popularity, both as a recreational activity and a spectator sport.Life imitates sport in Tennis and Philosophy. Editor David Baggett approaches tennis not only as a game but also as a surprisingly rich resource for philosophical analysis. He assembles a team of champion scholars, including David Foster Wallace, Robert R. Clewis, David Detmer, Mar English Baggett, David 1-322-59572-0 0-8131-2574-X Philosophy of popular culture