dc4915 Philosophy of sports

Faculty of Sports Studies
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PaedDr. Emanuel Hurych, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PaedDr. Emanuel Hurych, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Education and Social Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Physical Education and Social Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to understand the philosophy of body in the context of corporeality, to meet the philosophical aspects of the relation of modern society to sports and to specify a possible philosophical frame of some selected parts of the dissertation.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to react on the basic philosopical problems of physical culture. They will be able to put some parts of the dissertation in the philosophical context.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the narrower approach to the topic of philosophical kinanthropology (sphere of interests, the most prominent contemporary world and Czech representatives, the most significant organizations and events, professional journals and monographs).
  • Philosophical kinanthropology, socio-cultural kinanthropology and other related disciplines.
  • Body, corporeality and human movement.
  • Faust’s question in the world of sport.
  • Recreology, non-performance-focused sphere of movement and its philosophical anchoring.
  • Arete, kalokagathia, Olympism.
  • Spirituality of movement.
  • Ethical aspects of sport and movement.
  • Other philosophical aspects of the contemporary society within its relationship to sport and movement.
  • Philosophical framework of dissertation and possible approaches to it.
Literature
    required literature
  • MECHIKOFF, Robert A. A history and philosophy of sport and physical education : from ancient civilizations to the modern world. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010, xviii, 459. ISBN 9780073376493. info
  • KRETCHMAR, R. Scott. Practical philosophy of sport and physical activity. 2nd ed. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2005, xvi, 303. ISBN 0736001417. info
    not specified
  • HURYCH, Emanuel. Philosophy of Sport. Online. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, p. nestránkováno, 153 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7432-3. URL info
  • HURYCH, Emanuel. Spiritualita pohybových aktivit (Spirituality of Movement Activities). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 251 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6207-8. info
  • Filosofická kinantropologie : setkání filosofie, těla a pohybu. Edited by Ivo Jirásek. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2005, 355 s. ISBN 8024411768. info
Teaching methods
Seminary, e-learning materials.
Assessment methods
Consultations, the written test (20 questions, 60 % proper answers needed)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin/semestr.
Teacher's information
http://www.fsps.muni.cz/impact/filosofie-sportu/
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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