I was honoured to discuss with Kriss Akabusi his outstanding athletic career and meaning he has found from sport, both as an elite athlete and after athletic retirement. Kriss achieved three Olympic medals, as well as World, European and Commonwealth titles in his outstanding career as a sprint and hurdling athlete. Very interestingly for ourContinue reading “Kriss Akabusi MBE: Finding Meaning in Movement during and after Elite Sport”
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Professor Gunnar Breivik (Pt2) | Skydiving | Authenticity | Breakdown | Heidegger | Sport Philosophy
Listen to the episode here. Can we become more authentic through high-risk sports such as skydiving? And why are discontinuities and breakdowns important when we try to understand meaning in human life? In the second part of our discussion with Professor Gunnar Breivik, we delve deeper into Heidegger’ philosophy and key ideas including being-towards-death, authenticity,Continue reading “Professor Gunnar Breivik (Pt2) | Skydiving | Authenticity | Breakdown | Heidegger | Sport Philosophy”
Meaningful Sport – Prof Gunnar Breivik (Pt1) | Heidegger | Sport Philosophy | Sporting Human Being | Existentialism | Worldmaking | Exploration
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/breivik/ Professor Gunnar Breivik’s work has been foundational in the field of sport philosophy and especially in relation to existential philosophy in sport. For Gunnar, a human being is the homo movens and the homo ludens: a playful and active being that explores the world and its own possibilities. Often drawing on Heidegger’s philosophy andContinue reading “Meaningful Sport – Prof Gunnar Breivik (Pt1) | Heidegger | Sport Philosophy | Sporting Human Being | Existentialism | Worldmaking | Exploration”