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Quest for Excitement
- Sport and Leisure in the Civilising Process
part of the Collected Works of Norbert Elias series
- Binding:
- Hardback
- Pages:
- 336
- Published:
- October 8, 2008
- Edition:
- 2
- Dimensions:
- 240x166x36 mm.
- Weight:
- 722 g.
Delivery:
2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 22, 2024
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025
About Norbert (Late of Universities of Leicester Elias
View all books by Norbert (Late of Universities of Leicester EliasDescription of Quest for Excitement
Argues that in highly constrained, 'civilised' societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and leisure activities - are to be understood not in terms of 'relaxation' but rather of the need for pleasurable excitement and its pleasurable resolution.
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