John J Sewart
Biographic Data
| ID | 176987 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John J Sewart |
| GIVEN NAMES | John J |
| FAMILY NAME | Sewart |
| SIGNATURE | SEWART J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Santa Clara University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Commodification of Sport
This paper examines a series of changes experienced within sport as it undergoes a process of commodification. It is argued that this process constitutes a degradation of athletic activity. The interpretations of such changes are examined in light of the debate over mass culture and the popular arts. This controversy has centered on whether the nature of modern sport has become debauched as it is subsumed to the logic of the marketplace. It is su…
The Meaning of Amateurism
This paper defends the amateur ideal of athletics. It suggests that the hypocrisy which surrounds the amateur ideal is not due to a fault in the ideal itself, but is rather a symptom of commercial pressures upon sport. The defense of the amateur ideal does not necessarily involve a return to aristocratic privileges. The amateurist vision of “pure sport’ ’ provides a worthy ideal embodying the true meaning of sport as an end in itself. The paper s…
General/Theoretical Anthropology: Play, Games and Sports in Cultural Contexts . Janet C. Harris and Roberta J. Park , eds
Is a Critical Sociology Possible: Alvin Gouldner and the 'Dark Side of the Dialectic
Alvin Gouldner's oeuvre is examined in terms of its confrontation with and critical appropriation of both empirical social research and Marxism. Traversing an enormous range of diverse topics-the sociology of knowledge; industrial sociology; problems of bureaucracy and democracy; studies in leadership; the role of intellectuals and ideologies; sociolinguistics; functionalism, Marxism, Stalinism, and anarchism; and studies of Plato, Saint-Simon, M…
Physical: Beyond Sociobiology . John D. Baldwin and Janice I. Baldwin
The Imaginary Witness: The Critical Theory of Herbert Marcuse.Morton Schoolman
The Political Philosophy of the Frankfurt School
Alvin Gouldner's Challenge to Sociology and Marxism: The Problem of Bureaucracy
Aligned with the tradition of Western Marxism, the work of Alvin Gouldner animates a concern with the political implications of social scientific research. The Western Marxian theme of theory and praxis finds its fullest elaboration in his most recent work. This same theme also provides the theoretical impetus to Gouldner's early industrial organization studies—Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy and Wildcat Strike. Vital to Gouldner's work is the…
Theory and Practice: History of a Concept from Aristotle to Marx
Verstehen and Dialecdtic: Epistemology and methodology in weber andlukacs
The New Presidential Elite: Men and Women in National Politics
The Commodification of Sport
This paper examines a series of changes experienced within sport as it undergoes a process of commodification. It is argued that this process constitutes a degradation of athletic activity. The interpretations of such changes are examined in light of the debate over mass culture and the popular arts. This controversy has centered on whether the nature of modern sport has become debauched as it is subsumed to the logic of the marketplace. It is su…
The Meaning of Amateurism
This paper defends the amateur ideal of athletics. It suggests that the hypocrisy which surrounds the amateur ideal is not due to a fault in the ideal itself, but is rather a symptom of commercial pressures upon sport. The defense of the amateur ideal does not necessarily involve a return to aristocratic privileges. The amateurist vision of “pure sport’ ’ provides a worthy ideal embodying the true meaning of sport as an end in itself. The paper s…
Verstehen and Dialecdtic: Epistemology and methodology in weber andlukacs
The New Presidential Elite: Men and Women in National Politics
Theory and Practice: History of a Concept from Aristotle to Marx
Alvin Gouldner's Challenge to Sociology and Marxism: The Problem of Bureaucracy
Aligned with the tradition of Western Marxism, the work of Alvin Gouldner animates a concern with the political implications of social scientific research. The Western Marxian theme of theory and praxis finds its fullest elaboration in his most recent work. This same theme also provides the theoretical impetus to Gouldner's early industrial organization studies—Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy and Wildcat Strike. Vital to Gouldner's work is the…
The Political Philosophy of the Frankfurt School
Physical: Beyond Sociobiology . John D. Baldwin and Janice I. Baldwin
The Imaginary Witness: The Critical Theory of Herbert Marcuse.Morton Schoolman
Is a Critical Sociology Possible: Alvin Gouldner and the 'Dark Side of the Dialectic
Alvin Gouldner's oeuvre is examined in terms of its confrontation with and critical appropriation of both empirical social research and Marxism. Traversing an enormous range of diverse topics-the sociology of knowledge; industrial sociology; problems of bureaucracy and democracy; studies in leadership; the role of intellectuals and ideologies; sociolinguistics; functionalism, Marxism, Stalinism, and anarchism; and studies of Plato, Saint-Simon, M…
The Meaning of Amateurism
This paper defends the amateur ideal of athletics. It suggests that the hypocrisy which surrounds the amateur ideal is not due to a fault in the ideal itself, but is rather a symptom of commercial pressures upon sport. The defense of the amateur ideal does not necessarily involve a return to aristocratic privileges. The amateurist vision of “pure sport’ ’ provides a worthy ideal embodying the true meaning of sport as an end in itself. The paper s…
General/Theoretical Anthropology: Play, Games and Sports in Cultural Contexts . Janet C. Harris and Roberta J. Park , eds
The Commodification of Sport
This paper examines a series of changes experienced within sport as it undergoes a process of commodification. It is argued that this process constitutes a degradation of athletic activity. The interpretations of such changes are examined in light of the debate over mass culture and the popular arts. This controversy has centered on whether the nature of modern sport has become debauched as it is subsumed to the logic of the marketplace. It is su…
Sociology (10 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (3 works) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (3 works) · Law (3 works)