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9780773438255

Philosophical Reflections on Physical Strength: Does a Strong Mind Need a Strong Body?

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  • ISBN13:

    9780773438255

  • ISBN10:

    0773438254

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-05-30
  • Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr
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Summary

This work is a collection of newly written essays that philosophically investigates strength, considered in its brute, physical sense.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Foreword
What Is Strength'
ôDoes Powerlifting Really Test for Power?ö
ôWhat It Really Takes to be the World's Strongest Manö
ôReflections, Philosophical and Otherwise, on 'Strengthö
Strength & Being
ôHeidegger and Schwarzenegger: Being and Training
ôThe Ki to Strength in the Martial Artsö
Strength, Beauty, & Knowing
ôPhilosophical and Practical Considerations for a Strongman Contestö
ôAesthetic and Epistemic Aspects of 'Iron Gamesö
Strength & Ethics
ôCharles Atlas and the Meaning of Lifeö
ôHercules' Dilemma: Is Strength Really a Virtue?ö
Strength & Gender
ôExtreme Beauty: Size and Sexism in Women's Strength Sportsö
ôIs Women's Bodybuilding 'Unfeminine'?ö
Strength & Technology
ôGene Doping and Strengthö
ôStrong Medicine: Drugs and Sports Reduxö
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