In motion, at rest [electronic resource] : the event of the athletic body / Grant Farred.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farred, Grant
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Artest, Metta Sandiford, > 1979-
Cantona, Éric, > 1966-
Zidane, Zinédine, > 1972-
Badiou, Alain.
Deleuze, Gilles, > 1925-1995.
Derrida, Jacques.
Sports > Philosophy.
Events (Philosophy)
Human body (Philosophy)
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2014 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:
In Motion, At Rest: The Event of the Athletic Body
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction: sport and the event
  • Ron Artest: the black body at rest (Alain Badiou)
  • Eric Cantona: the body in motion (Gilles Deleuze)
  • Zinedine Zidane: coup de boule (Jacques Derrida)
  • Epilogue: being, event, and the philosophy of sport.