Dr Sandra Meeuwsen’s PhD dissertation in philosophy of sport excavated into the roots of the paradoxical face of modern sport. She shared the key philosophical ideas and findings in her work in the Meaningful Sport podcast. Modern sport has an increasingly contradictory face. On the one hand, its contribution to health, well-being, character development, solidarity,Continue reading “Dr Sandra Meeuwsen: Understanding the Crisis of Modern Sport by Using Philosophical Archaeology”
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Prof John Kaag: Is running a way to flee the absurdity of human existence?
How can existential philosophy, especially the works of Albert Camus, help us understand how we slip from running as a life-affirming activity to running as an obsession? Professor John Kaag visited the podcast and shared some thought provoking ideas on how existentialism can inform how we live our sport-lives. In the American Scholar, professor JohnContinue reading “Prof John Kaag: Is running a way to flee the absurdity of human existence?”
Kriss Akabusi MBE: Finding Meaning in Movement during and after Elite Sport
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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