VALUES IN SPORT: ELITISM, NATIONALISM, GENDER EQUALITY AND THE SCIENTIFIC MANUFACTURE OF WINNERS

Abstract

Notes on contributors -- Series editors' preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Pt. I. Elitism -- Ch. 1. Is it fascistoid to admire sports heroes? / Torbjorn Tannsjo -- Ch. 2. Sports, fascism and the market / Claudio M. Tamburrini -- Ch. 3. The logic of progress and the art of moderation in competitive sports / Sigmund Loland -- Pt. II. Nationalism -- Ch. 4. Sports as the moral discourse of nations / William J. Morgan -- Ch. 5. A justification of moderate patriotism in sport / Nicholas Dixon - - Ch. 6. Patriotism in sports and in war / Paul Gomberg -- Pt. III. Gender equality -- Ch. 7. Against sexual discrimination in sports / Torbjorn Tannsjo -- Ch. 8. Gender verification in competitive sport: turning from research to action / Berit Skirstad -- Ch. 9. On the definition of 'woman' in the sport context / Angela J. Schneider -- Pt. IV. The rules of the game -- Ch. 10. Against chance: a causal theory of winning in sport / Gunnar Breivik -- Ch. 11. Justice and game advantage in sporting games / Sigmund Loland - - Ch. 12. Spoiling: an indirect reflection of sport's moral imperative? / Graham McFee -- Pt. V. The scientific manufacture of winners -- Ch. 13. A philosophical overview of the arguments on banning doping in sport / Angela J. Schneider and Robert B. Butcher -- Ch. 14. What's wrong with doping? / Claudio M. Tamburrini -- Ch. 15. Selected champions: making winners in the age of genetic technology / Christian Munthe -- References -- Index