{"product_id":"sport-and-modernity-hardback-9781509501564","title":"Sport and Modernity (Hardback) 9781509501564","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSport and Modernity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Gruneau (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509501564, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 September 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.499 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Ric Gruneau is the best theorist and analyst of sports writing today or yesterday; and probably will be tomorrow, as well. \u003ci\u003eSport and Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e is as sophisticated theoretically and as rich empirically as it is pleasing to read. A landmark.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eToby Miller, University of California, Riverside\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"With the publication of the brilliant \u003ci\u003eSport and Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Gruneau has not only produced a new way of looking at sport but, more importantly, has offered us a radical rereading of the origins and project of modernity itself and in so doing confirms his position as Canada’s leading social theorist and cultural historian of sport.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Carrington, University of Southern California\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Richard Gruneau has become one of the foremost scholars in the socio-cultural study of sport, and in \u003ci\u003eSport and Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e he has blended expert critical analyses of sport history with a highly nuanced sociological critique of modernity to produce an excellent text.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEuropean Journal for Sport and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eSport and Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable reminder of the explanatory power of critical social theory. Irrespective of the degree to which one subscribes to this theory, Gruneau’s clear explication and skilful application will ensure that it remains a key analytical tool in the sociology of sport for some time to come.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSociology of Sport Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘A new book by Rick Gruneau is a major even for the academic study of sport.  Gruneau is undeniably one of the most insightful and influential critical sport scholars and has been for many years.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIdrottsforum.org\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important new book from one of the world's leading sociologists of sport weaves together social theory, history and political economy to provide a highly original analysis of the complex relationship between sport and modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncorporating a powerful set of theoretical insights from traditions and thinkers ranging from classical Marxism and the Frankfurt School to Foucault and Bourdieu, Gruneau analyzes the emergence of \"sport\" as a distinctive field of practice in western societies. Examining subjects including the legacy of Greek and Roman antiquity, representations of sport in nineteenth-century England, Nazism, and modern \"mega-events\" such as the Olympics and the World Cup, he seeks to show how sport developed into an arena which articulated competing understandings of the kinds of people, bodies and practices best suited to the modern western world.\u003c\/p\u003e This book thereby explores with brio and sophistication how the ever-changing economic, social, and political relations of modernity have been produced and reproduced, and sometimes also opposed and escaped, through sport, from the Enlightenment to the rise of neoliberalism, as well as examining how the study of exercise, athletics, the body, and the spectacle of sport can deepen our understanding of the nature of modernity. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of the sociology and history of sport, sociology of culture, cultural history, and cultural studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; font-size: 11px\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eContents\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1. Athletics, Body Imagery and Spectacle: Greco-Roman Practices, Discourses and Ideologies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2. The Politics of Representation: English Sport as an Object and Project of Modernity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3. ‘Staging’ (Capitalist\/Colonial) Modernity: International Exhibitions and Olympics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4. German Modernism, Anti-Modernism and the Critical Theory of Sport\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5. A Savage Sorting of ‘Winners’ and ‘Losers:’ Modernization, Development, Sport, and the Challenge of Slums\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441780060440,"sku":"9781509501564","price":45.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509501564.jpg?v=1785024590","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sport-and-modernity-hardback-9781509501564","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}