Taking sport seriously

This is an inter-disciplinary collection of essays which seeks to define thechievement of the academic study of sport as it has developed over the pasten to 20 years. Each essay investigates an aspect of the importance of sports it is now understood in the academic world.;The essays include: Lincolnllison on "Sport and Civil Society" and "Biology, Ideology and Sport";ichard Holt on "Sport and History"; John Hoberman on "The Concept of Dopingnd the Future of Sport"; Fred Inglis on "The State of Play - Sport, Capitalnd Happiness"; Eric Dunning on "Sport, Gender and Patriarchy in the Westernivilising Process"; Barrie Houlihan on "Sport, Globalisation and Nationaldentity"; and Roger Philpott on "Sport in the Cinema".;The Chelsea Schoolesearch Centre Edition series originated in the advanced scholarship andesearch undertaken in CSRC as it consolidated and developed its national andnternational research networks. It brings together state-of-the-artcholarship and research in the sociology of sport, the sport sciences,eisure studies and physical education. Each volume comprises