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This book looks beyond the usual explanations of why sports fascinates, and also strives for a language that can frame the pleasure we take in watching athletic events. Gumbrecht argues that the fascination with watching sports is probably the most popular and potent contemporary form of aesthetic experience.

In Praise of Athletic Beauty

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Hardback by Han Ulrich Gumbrecht

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    Publisher: Harvard University Press
    Publication Date: 4/10/2006 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780674021723, 978-0674021723
    ISBN10: 067402172X

    Number of Pages: 272

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

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    This book looks beyond the usual explanations of why sports fascinates, and also strives for a language that can frame the pleasure we take in watching athletic events. Gumbrecht argues that the fascination with watching sports is probably the most popular and potent contemporary form of aesthetic experience.

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