In Praise of Athletic Beauty by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht

In Praise of Athletic Beauty

Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht

263 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy sports challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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By the hundreds of millions we show up, stand in line, turn on, and tune in to watch, mesmerized, as athletes perform. And yet this experience, so widely craved and intensely felt, we commonly dismiss as "only a game." A book that looks beyond the...

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