The Games by David Goldblatt
A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt’s sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, revealing how the Olympics developed into a global colossus and highlighting how they have been buffeted by (and affected by) domestic and international conflicts. Along the way, Goldblatt reveals the origins of beloved Olympic traditions (winners’ medals, the torch relay, the eternal flame) and popular events (gymnastics, alpine skiing, the marathon). And he delivers memorable portraits of Olympic icons from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comaneci, the Dream Team to Usain Bolt.
"Fascinating" -- Peter Cowie - Wall Street Journal
"Nuanced.… [W]ry, philosophical." -- Aram Goudsouzian - Washington Post
"[A] bracingly debunking history." -- David Runciman - Guardian
"Goldblatt is a wise, thoughtful, sometimes caustic observer." -- Boston Globe
"Elegant and ambitious." -- Economist
"[An] excellent, pacy, anecdote-studded history of the modern Games." -- Giles Smith - The Times (UK)
"A timely and impressively expansive view of arguably the world’s most beloved sporting event.… [Goldblatt] has created the definitive book on the Olympics, which should be on the reading list of anyone with a passion for learning the full story of the Olympic games." -- Russell P. Gantos - New York Journal of Books
"Tak[es] readers through decades of iconic athleticism, complicated global politics, and increasing commercialism—all of which go into making the Olympic games what they are today." -- Bustle
"[A] bracing corrective… [that] retains space for the extraordinary and inspirational in the arena." -- David Horspool - Spectator
"A tour of world history through the lens of the Olympic Games.… Goldblatt’s account of the history of performance-enhancing drugs is particularly striking." -- Charlie Goffen - Huffington Post
"Nuanced.… [W]ry, philosophical." -- Aram Goudsouzian - Washington Post
"[A] bracingly debunking history." -- David Runciman - Guardian
"Goldblatt is a wise, thoughtful, sometimes caustic observer." -- Boston Globe
"Elegant and ambitious." -- Economist
"[An] excellent, pacy, anecdote-studded history of the modern Games." -- Giles Smith - The Times (UK)
"A timely and impressively expansive view of arguably the world’s most beloved sporting event.… [Goldblatt] has created the definitive book on the Olympics, which should be on the reading list of anyone with a passion for learning the full story of the Olympic games." -- Russell P. Gantos - New York Journal of Books
"Tak[es] readers through decades of iconic athleticism, complicated global politics, and increasing commercialism—all of which go into making the Olympic games what they are today." -- Bustle
"[A] bracing corrective… [that] retains space for the extraordinary and inspirational in the arena." -- David Horspool - Spectator
"A tour of world history through the lens of the Olympic Games.… Goldblatt’s account of the history of performance-enhancing drugs is particularly striking." -- Charlie Goffen - Huffington Post
In This Section: I. Author Bio II. Author Letter I. Author Bio David Goldblatt and Lee B. Brown introduce students to philosophy of the arts using classic and contemporary works of leading philosophers. Their unique collection of 90 readings provide students with a broad perspective of philosophical thinking about the individual arts, including painting, photography, film, architecture, music, dance, literature, performance, and popular art. Of note are the works of Plato, Aristotle, Burke, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Derrida, Foucault, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Heidegger, Benjamin, and Adorno. II. Author Letter Dear Colleagues, The new third edition of Aesthetics: A Reader in Philosophy of the Arts contains 100 excerpts, articles and original essays in over 600 pages. Twenty essays are new to this edition with many written by a younger generation of aestheticians on the cutting edge of the field. A chief and continuing feature of the new illustrated edition is its emphasis on issues in all of the arts, and not merely in the fine arts. It gives sustained attention to the popularand mass arts as well as covering recent theorizing about art forms not traditionally covered in most books on aesthetics, such as jazz, rock, comics, and video games even to such vernacular subjects such as junkyards. This volume offers faculty members an extraordinary number of options for organizing a basic course in philosophy of the arts, all while minimizing dependence on supplementary reading material. It is also convenient for independent assignments and student projects. With its range of sophistication, it can continue to be used above the level of introductory courses. The collection includes readings from both the continental and the analytic tradition in aesthetics. It also exhibits continued attention to offerings about non-Western art and aesthetics. One of the advantages of this anthology is that many of the selections are relatively brief but always self-contained. A broader context for each reading is presented in the introduction to each section. Students arrive in class with very different attitudes towards, and experiences with, the arts. This anthology has been successful in many quarters: large lecture formats and small classrooms, big universities and smaller liberal arts schools, in wider fields of study and in classes with diverse cultural and economic backgrounds. We thank our colleagues who have made suggestions regarding the contents and organization of Aesthetics: A Reader in Philosophy of the Arts and have tried to incorporate many of them into this edition. We welcome your comments on this third edition. We can be reached at: goldblatt@denison.edu and brown.68@osu.edu. Sincerely, David Goldblatt & Lee B. Brown Denison University & The Ohio State University
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393355512 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393355519 |
| Title | The Games |
| Author | David Goldblatt |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2018-01-16 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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