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FASTEST, HIGHEST, STRONGEST
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By: |
Rob Beamish, Ian Ritchie |
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Hardback |
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£150.00 |
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£135.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0415770424 |
ISBN 13: |
9780415770422 |
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Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
Pub. date: |
28 June, 2006 |
Series: |
Routledge Critical Studies in Sport |
Pages: |
208 |
Description: |
Explores the use of drugs and other performance-enhancing practices in sport, tracing the development of the situation through its socio-political history. This work presents a critique of the use of athletes as representatives of political regimes, and the constant striving for medals that has altered the ethos of the Olympic Games. |
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Fastest, Highest, Strongest presents a comprehensive challenge to the dominant orthodoxy concerning the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport. Examining the political and economic transformation of the Olympic Movement during the twentieth century, the authors argue that the realities of modern sport require a serious reassessment of current policies, in particular the ban on the use of certain substances and practices. The book includes detailed discussion of: * The historical importance of World War II and the Cold War in the development of a high-performance culture in sport * The changing Olympic project: from amateurism to a fully professionalized approach * The changing meaning of "sport" * The role of sport science, technology and drugs in pursuing ever-better performance * The major ethical and philosophical arguments used to support the ban on performance-enhancing substances in sport. Fastest, Highest, Strongest is a profound critical examination of modern sport. Its straightforward style will appeal to under- and post-graduate students as well as scholars of sports ethics and history, policy makers and all those interested in the changing nature of sport. |
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UK |
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Routledge |
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