Sport and Art

An Essay in the Hermeneutics of Sport

Andrew Edgar (University of Cardiff, UK)

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Routledge
14 October 2024

History of Art & Design Styles; Philosophy; Philosophy: aesthetics; Sports & outdoor recreation

Series: Ethics and Sport

Sport and Art explores relationship of sport to art. It does not argue that sport is one of the arts, but rather that sport and art hold common ground. Both are ways in which humans confront philosophical challenges, though they do this through very different media. While art deploys sensual media such as paint or sound, sport is the pursuit of a physical challenge at which the athlete may fail. This is to propose, in an argument that has its roots in Hegel’s aesthetics, that sport may be interpreted as a way of reflecting upon metaphysical and normative issues, such as the nature of human freedom, fate and chance, and even our sense of space and time. This argument is developed by proposing the concept of a ‘sportworld’, an ‘atmosphere of theory’ and a ‘knowledge of history’ through which an event is interpreted and thereby constituted as sport. Ultimately, Sport and Art argues that in order to be truly appreciated, sport must be understood within a modernist aesthetics. That is to say that sport is not about beauty, but rather about the struggle to find meaning in sporting triumph and crucially sporting failure.

This book was published as a special issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.

By: Andrew Edgar (University of Cardiff UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 349g
ISBN: 9781032928661
ISBN 10: 1032928662
Series: Ethics and Sport
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 14 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Edgar is a Reader in Philosophy at Cardiff University. His teaching and research are grounded in the German philosophical tradition. Apart from a monograph on Jürgen Habermas, he has published numerous books and articles in the philosophy of health care and the philosophy of sport.