Outline of Mimesis, Honor and Dignity in Modern Sport: A Commentary

When reading the masterpiece about “The Agon Motif” by John W. Loy and W. Robert Morford (2019), I was struck by their recurrent reference to the pursuit of honor in agonal sport contests, as it has become common sense to replace honor with dignity in modernity. I take the German social-philosopher...

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Main Author: Jespersen Ejgil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-06-01
Series:Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2019-0013