PURISTS, PARTISANS, AND THE AESTHETIC DIMENSION OF SPORT

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angličtina
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PURISTS, PARTISANS, AND THE AESTHETIC DIMENSION OF SPORT
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Stephen Mumford, in his book Watching Sport, identifies two types of sports spectator ? partisans and purists. Partisans are more concerned to see their team win, whether they do so in an aesthetically pleasing way or not, while the purist has no such irrational commitment, and instead pursues the higher aesthetic experience of sport. The purist, Mumford argues, is superior because she watches sport for aesthetic and intellectual reasons and sees the game, it seems, more objectively, whereas the partisan is emotional and victory-seeking, experiencing the game through the lens of their desire for victory. But this distinction, I argue, doesn?t do justice to the actual experience of spectators. Whilst Mumford is correct to suggest that the aesthetic dimension is vital in our enjoyment of sport, there is no reason to suppose that the partisan cannot partake in the aesthetic appreciation of sport. Furthermore, whilst winning is obviously hugely important in judging the quality of sports te
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J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
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AA - Philosophy and religion
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Publication year
2014
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