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Quest for Excitement Sport and Leisure in the Civilising Process

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Auteur:	Elias, Norbert
Titel:	Quest for Excitement Sport and Leisure in the Civilising Process
Uitgever:	University College Dublin
ISBN:	9781904558439
Serie:	The Collected Works of Norbert Elias
Land van oorsprong:	Ireland
Prijs:	€ 72.50
Verschijningsdatum:	09-10-2008
Bericht:	Leverbaar

Inhoudelijke kenmerken

Categorie:	Sociology: sport & leisure
Dewey code:	306.483

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Verschijningsvorm:	Hardback
Paginas:	336
Hoogte mm.:	166
Breedte mm.:	240
Dikte mm.:	36
Gewicht gr.:	722

Inhoud:

Argues that in highly constrained, 'civilised' societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and leisure activities - are to be understood not in terms of 'relaxation' but rather of the need for pleasurable excitement and its pleasurable resolution.