The Eternal Present of Sport by Daniel A Grano

The Eternal Present of Sport by Daniel A Grano

In his persuasive study The Eternal Present of Sport, Daniel Grano rethinks the sport-religion relationship by positioning sport as a source of theological trouble. Focusing on bodies, time, movement, and memory, he demonstrates how negative theology can be practically and theoretically useful as a critique of elite televised sport.   Grano asserts that it is precisely through sport’s highest religious ideals that controversies are taking shape and constituting points of political and social rupture. He examines issues of transcendence, “legacy”—e.g., “greatest ever,” or “all-time”—and “witnessing” through instant replay, which undermine institutional authority. Grano also reflects on elite athletes representing especially powerful embodiments of religious and social conflict, including around issues related to gender, sexuality, ability doping, traumatic brain injury, and institutional greed.    Elite sport is in a period of profound crisis. It is through the ideals Grano analyzes that we can imagine a radically alternative future for elite sport.

Daniel A. Grano is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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ISBN 13	9781439912805
ISBN 10	1439912807
Titel	The Eternal Present of Sport
Autor	Daniel A Grano
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Temple University Press,U.S.
Erscheinungsjahr	2017-06-01
Seitenanzahl	286
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.