Outdoor Adventure and Social Theory
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 10 April 2013
- ISBN 9780415532679
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages184 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 291 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
In this engaging new introductory text, adventure sports are used to illustrate key concepts in social theory and to demonstrate why an understanding of social theory is essential for any student taking a course in sport, adventure, or outdoor education. Each chapter in the book introduces either a key social theorist, or a universal topic or issue in social theory. Within each of those chapters the theorist or topic is brought to life through case studies of adventurous activities and lived experiences, helping the reader to connect their own sporting and adventurous interests with the frameworks we use to understand wider culture and society. Concise and full of cutting-edge contemporary examples, Outdoor Adventure and Social Theory is the perfect companion for any module on the sociology of sport, adventure or outdoor recreation.
MoreLong description:
Adventure and outdoor sports - from rock climbing to freestyle kayaking ? are a modern social phenomenon that can tell us much about the relationship between sport, culture and contemporary society. In this engaging new introductory text, adventure sports are used to illustrate key concepts in social theory and to demonstrate why an understanding of social theory is essential for any student taking a course in sport, adventure, or outdoor education.
Each chapter in the book introduces a key ?classical? or modern social theorist, including Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Elias, or a universal topic or issue in social theory, such as sustainability, commodification or identity. Within each of those chapters the theorist or topic is brought to life through case studies of adventurous activities and lived experiences, helping the reader to connect their own sporting and adventurous interests with the frameworks we use to understand wider culture and society. Concise and full of cutting-edge contemporary examples, Outdoor Adventure and Social Theory is the perfect companion for any module on the sociology of sport, adventure or outdoor recreation.
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1. Outdoor adventure and social theory Section One: Classical Sociological Interpretations of Outdoor Adventure 2. Karl Marx: Alienation and false consciousness in adventurous activities 3. Durkheim: Structural functionalism, adventure and the social order 4. Max Weber: Rationalization and the new realms of the commodity form Section Two: Modern Social Theorists and Adventure Sports 5. Gramsci: Freestyle Kayaking, Hegemony, Coercion and Consent 6. Norbert Elias: The Quest for Excitement in Parkour 7. Sail Training, Interactionism and the 'Total Institution' 8. Pierre Bourdieu: Habitus, field, and capital in rock climbing 9. Anthony Giddens: Structuration Theory and Mountaineering 10. Foucault: Power, surveillance and governmentality in outdoor education Section Three: Contemporary Themes in Social Theory and Adventurous Activities 11. Feminist Theory and Outdoor Leadership 12. Identity Politics in the Outdoor Adventure Environment 13. Globalization, the Market and Outdoor Adventure 14. Outdoor adventure in a carbon-light era 15. Conclusions on Outdoor Adventure and Social Theory
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