TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holowchak,Mark
AU  - Reid,Heather Lynne
TI  - Aretism: an ancient sports philosophy for the modern sports world 
SN  - 9780739148815
AV  - GV706 .H64 2011
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Sports
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Physical fitness
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Competition (Psychology)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; -- The roots of competitive sport; -- Medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment sport; -- Compensatory athleticism; -- Sport propagandized; -- Sport commodified; -- The martial/commercial model; -- Drugs and competitive sport; -- Problems of performance enhancement; -- Gender, aggression, and violence; -- Sport by the numbers; -- Sensationalism and ego-puffing; -- The aesthetic/recreational model; -- Aesthetic spectacle; -- Playful integrity; -- The aesthetics of journeying; -- Beauty as unity; -- Economy of performance; -- The aretic model; -- Aretism and values; -- Aretism and education; -- Aretism and society; -- Is sport a good?
ER  -