Sports as soul-craft
Subtitle: how playing and watching sports enhances life
By: by Paul Marcus
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Marquette University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781626000469
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Sports; Psychological aspects; Conduct of life
Description: "What makes sports so compelling? Beyond the entertainment of watching the amazing physical and mental prowess of athletes as they compete, Marcus, a psychoanalytic psychologist, believes that each sport taken as totality of circumstances is a 'parable of life' that superbly depicts the existential challenges and dilemmas that ordinary people face as they attempt to fashion the 'good life.' By 'good life', following Freud, he means a life of deep and wide love, creative and productive work; one that is guided by reason and ethics and is aesthetically pleasing."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Soccer:  The beautiful game; title: Baseball:  The immortal game; title: Chess:  The royal game; title: Tennis:  A sportsman's pastime & a fighter's game; title: Golf:  A game of civility; title: Cycling:  A freedom-loving sport; title: Conclusion.