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Hockey and Philosophy /

"What can hockey tell us about the differences between Quebec and Canadian nationalism? Is there a fundamental relationship between the hockey arena and the political arena? What have we lost as a society in abolishing the tie game? Are salaries in the NHL really that outrageous? Is hockey more...

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Otros Autores: Irving, Scott, 1986- (Traductor), Baillargeon, Normand, 1958- (Editor ), Boissinot, Christian, 1965- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: Thinker on the Rink; Introduction; Bibliography; 1st period: Social and political philosophy; "On est Canayen ou ben on l'est pas": Hockey, Nationalism, and Identity in Quebec and Canada; Hockey and Politics, Same Battle!; Hockey Salaries: Scandal or Fair Pay?; 2nd period: Mythology and metaphysics; The Rocket: The Making of a Hero; From the Shinny Pond to the Bell Centre: Reweaving the Myth of the Sainte-Flanelle; The Metaphysics of Hockey; 3rd period: Ethical and aesthetic issues; Eulogy for the Tie Game.
  • Fisticuffs: When do We Say Enough's Enough?The Aesthetics of Hockey; The Great Drug Debate: Saturday Night at Chez Paulo; Overtime; A Game to Be Forgotten!; Towards a Kantian Hockey; Kierkegaard and the Art of Goaltending; Shootout; Haitians, Hockey, and Some Philosophy of Culture; About the authors.