Holism and the cultivation of excellence in sports and performance : skillful striving /: skillful striving. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jesus Ilundain-Agurruza.
• Editors: Ilundáin-Agurruza, Jesús
• Contents: Preface. Introduction. Skillful Striving: Holism and the Cultivation of Excellence in Sports and Performative Endeavors. 1. Nothing New Under the Sun—Holism and the Pursuit of Excellence. 2. William James—Pragmatic Pioneer. 3. John Dewey—Experiential Maverick. 4. José Ortega y Gasset: Exuberant Steed. 5. Zhuangzi—Playful wanderer. 6. Waking Up From The Cognitivist Dream—The Computational View of the Mind and High Performance. 7. Riding The Wind—Consummate Performance, Phenomenology, and Skillful Fluency. 8. Fractured Action—Choking in Sport and its Lessons for Excellence. 9. Reflections on a Katana— The Japanese Pursuit of Performative Mastery. 10. Everything Mysterious Under the Moon—Social Practices and Situated Epilogue. Appendix. Much Ado About Nothing.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 796.01; Sports -- Philosophy; Performance -- Philosophy; Holism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317206347
• Related ISBNs: 9781317206354; 9781317206330; 9781315616902
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