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Book SynopsisSurfing and the Philosophy of Sport uses the insights gained through an analysis of the sport of surfing to explore key questions and discourses within the philosophy of sports. As surfing has been practiced dynamically, since its beginnings as a traditional Polynesian pursuit to its current status as a counter-culture lifestyle and also a highly professionalized and commercialized sport that will take part in the Olympic Games, it presents a unique phenomenon in the world of sport from which to reconsider questions about the nature of sport and its role in a flourishing life and society. Daniel Brennan examines the foundational issues about defining sports, their role in conceptualizing the good life, the aesthetic nature of sport, the place of technology in sport, the principles of Olympism and surfing’s embodiment of them, and issues of institutionalized sexism in sport and the effect that might have on athletic performance.Trade Review"Reading this book felt like catching a long mellow wave on a summer’s evening: being gently pushed along through a wealth of philosophical literature framed by smooth, beautiful, and original writing. Daniel Brennan knows his philosophy and his surfing and has managed to weave the two together seamlessly. This book enables both the philosopher and the surfer to understand each other’s craft and its value." -- Emily Ryall, University of Gloucestershire"What a pleasure to read an expert perspective on surfing through the lens of philosophy. This book adds layers of philosophical depth to the experiences surfers have been championing for years." -- Craig Sims, Bond UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Surfing and SportChapter 2: Waves and Wipeouts in UtopiaChapter 3: Drawing Lines on Waves; surfing and the aesthetics of sportChapter 4: Making Waves: Surfing and TechnologyChapter 5: Surfing’s Olympian MomentChapter 6: Surfing like a Girl: Sexism in Surf Culture and Feminine MotilityChapter 6: Surfing like a Girl: Sexism in Surf Culture and Feminine MotilityConclusionBibliographyAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisHannah Arendt and the History of Thought, edited by Daniel Brennan and Marguerite La Caze, enrichens and deepens scholarship on Arendt’s relation to philosophical history and traditions. Some contributors analyze thinkers not often linked to Arendt, such as William Shakespeare, Hans Jonas, and Simone de Beauvoir. Other contributors treat themes that are pressing and crucial to understanding Arendt’s work, such as love in its many forms, ethnicity and race, disability, human rights, politics, and statelessness. The collection is anchored by chapters on Arendt’s interpretation of Kant and her relation to early German Romanticism and phenomenology, while other chapters explore new perspectives, such as Arendt and film, her philosophical connections with other women thinkers, and her influence on Eastern European thought and activism. The collection expands the frames of reference for research on Arendt—both in terms of using a broader range of texts like her Denktagebuch and in examining her ideas about judgment, feminism, and worldliness in this wider context.Table of Contents1. Paul Dahlgren, “The Course of True Love”: Arendt’s Shakespeare, Love, and the Practice of Storytelling. 2. Matthew Wester, Jaspers, Kant, and the Origin of Hannah Arendt's Theory of Judgment. 3. Kimberley Maslin, Hannah Arendt and Early German Romanticism. 4. Maria Tamboukou, The Gendered Politics of Love: An Arendtian Reading. Section II: Peers5. Liesbeth Schoonheim, Arendt and Beauvoir on Romantic Love. 6. Eric Stephane Pommier, Arendt and Hans Jonas: Acting and Thinking after Heidegger. 7. Katarzyna Stokłosa, Hannah Arendt`s Influence on Eastern European Dissidence: The Example of Poland.Section III: In Prospect 8. Laura McMahon, The Phenomenological Sense of Hannah Arendt: Plurality, Modernity, and Political Action. 9. Marieke Borren, Arendt’s Phenomenologically Informed Political Thinking: A ProtoNormative Account of Human Worldliness. 10. Andrew Schaap, Denaturalizing Hannah Arendt and Claudia Jones: Statelessness, Citizenship and Racialization. 11. Joel Rosenberg, The Life of the Unruly in Ada Ushpiz’s Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt (2016).

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