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?”