The Temple of Perfection
A History of the Gym
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12220324 |
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| Authors | Frank Galligan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 11-12 |
| Pages | 1501-1503 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-13 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of the History of Sport (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-3367 • E-ISSN: 1743-9035 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09523367.2015.1049797 |
| OpenAlex | W2278039771 |
| Language | EN |
The origins of the gym (or should it be gymnasium?) are fairly well documented and this identifies an area of confusion in an otherwise engaging piece of work. How and why did the gymnasium become
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Confusion · Epistemology · Perfection · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Temple · Work (physics · Engineering · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Highly cited | No |
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