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Ratiovitalistic hermeneutics and sport in the perspective of Ortega y Gasset
Jesús Marcial Conill Sanchosubject
Human lifemedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesPerspective (graphical)Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation030229 sport sciencesLiving bodyEpistemology03 medical and health sciencesPhilosophy0302 clinical medicine0502 economics and businessSociologyHermeneuticsMeaning of life050212 sport leisure & tourismmedia_commondescription
AbstractThis work aims to show, in the first place, that the ratiovitalism of Jose Ortega y Gasset is one of the possible lines of the hermeneutic transformation process of contemporary thinking. Nietzsche’s hermeneutical mark on the development of Ortega’s thinking is clear in some very relevant aspects, such as the importance of the body and the innovative notion of life, both of which are decisive issues to understand sport. Secondly, an attempt is made to tap into the rich reflections of Ortega y Gasset on sport, which have a considerable impact on the entire human life, based on the claim of a notion of living body (Leib) and of a new notion of life. Sport forms part of a vital horizon that is not reduced by the narrow utilitarian perspective, but which announces the superior form of human existence, opening up to a festival and creative meaning of life. This requires a discipline that is not merely satisfied with correctly complying with some standards, but which encourages indefinite improvement. T...
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-07 | Sport, Ethics and Philosophy |