A Critical Realist Theory of Sport

by Graham Scambler

This book argues that sport in the era of global or financialised capitalism has undergone a process of fracturing, which requires a re-assessment of longstanding and consensual accounts of traditional-to-modern sporting activity. Considering rival concepts of sport, it presents detailed, illustrative studies of various types of sporting or athletic activity – including soccer, cricket, rugby and track and field – to advance an alternative sociological understanding of sport rooted in the philosophies and theories of critical realism and critical theory. As such, A Critical Realist Theory of Sport will appeal to scholars of sociology and social theory with interests in sport, research methods and critical realist thought.

194 pages, Hardcover

Published December 30, 2022

Reviews

[Laima · Rating 5 out of 5]

This excellent could not have been written anywhere else than a pub. 😂

So rich I could only read one or half a chapter at a time to absorb and process the content.

Highly recommended would be an understatement!

My 3 favorite quotes are:

“… no “scientific” sociological theory can presume to be the final word.” 🎯

“At a football game no 2 people see the same event because no people can occupy exactly the same place, whereas the game on TV is exactly the what the camera saw.” ⚽️

“Being, Bhaskar, insists is but a ripple effect on the surface of the ocean of non-being.” 🌊