The Resource Philosophical Reflections on Physical Strength : Does a Strong Mind Need a Strong Body?
Philosophical Reflections on Physical Strength : Does a Strong Mind Need a Strong Body?
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The item Philosophical Reflections on Physical Strength : Does a Strong Mind Need a Strong Body? represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- This collection of essays philosophically examines strength, considered in its brute, physical sense. This is the only book of its kind solely dedicated to physical strength. Each contributor has expertise in strength sports, three at the world-class level, or in an area of philosophy of sport, related to strength
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (298 pages)
- Contents
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- PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON PHYSICAL STRENGTH: Does a Strong Mind Need a Strong Body?; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Part I: What Is Strenght?; Chapter 1 -- Does Powerlifting Really Test for Power?; Chapter 2 -- What It Really Takes to be the World's Strongest Man: A Philosophical Investigation of Strength -- Part II: Strength and Being; Chapter 3 -- Reflections, Philosophical and Otherwise, on Strength; Chapter 4 -- Philosophical and Practical Considerations for a Strongest Man Contest; Part III: Strength, Beauty, and Knowing
- Chapter 5 -- The Ki to Strength in the Martial ArtsChapter 6 -- ""Crude and Mindless Sports"" Aesthetic and Epistemic Aspects of Iron Games; Photo's; Picture 1: ""Misha"" Koklyaev; Picture 2: Travis Ortmeyer; Picture 3: The Arnold Strongman Classic Winners; Picture 4: Terry Todd (Co-editor); Picture 5: Jan Todd; Picture 6: Bill Kazmaier; Picture 7: Vasily Alexeyev; Picture 8: Louis ""Apollon"" Uni; Picture 9: Phil Pfister; Picture 10: Derek Poundstone; Picture 11: Mariusz Pudzianowski; Picture 12: Svend Karlsen; Picture 13: Raimonds Bergmanis; Picture 14: Louis Cyr
- Picture 15: Louis Cyr's Wife and ChildPicture 16: Gerard Dente, Zydrunas Savickas and Arnold Schwarzenegger; Picture 17: Jan Todd (1977); Picture 18: Final Event of the 2003 Arnold Strongman Classic; Picture 19: Zydrunas Savickas; Picture 20: John Davis; Picture 21: Jill Mills; Picture 22: Mikhael Koklyaev; Picture 23: Mark Henry; Picture 24: Norbert Schemansky; Picture 25: Derek Poundstone; Picture 26: Mikhail Koklyaev; Picture 27: Jill Mills; Picture 28: Katie Sandwina; Picture 29: Zydrunas Savickas (2008); Picture 30: Zydrunas Savickas sixth straight Cyr Bronze
- Picture 31: Terry Todd and Paul AndersonPicture 32: Arthur Saxon; Picture 33: George Hackenschmidt and Karl Swoboda; Picture 34: Vasyl Virastyuk; Picture 35: The 2007 Arnold Strongman Classic; Picture 36: Brian Siders; Picture 37: Minerva -- Picture 38: Vasyl Virastyuk; Picture 39: Jan Todd (1978); Picture 40: Key committee members of the Arnold Strongman Classic; Part IV: Strength and Ethics; Chapter 7 -- Charles Atlas and the Meaning of Life; Chapter 8 -- Heracles' Dilemma Is Strength Really a Virtue?; Part V: Strength and Gender
- Chapter 9 -- Extreme Beauty Size and Sexism in Women's Strength SportsChapter 10 -- Is Women's Bodybuilding Unfeminine? Breaking the Mold of Gender Norms; Part VI: Strength and Technology; Chapter 11 -- Gene Doping and Strength; Chapter 12 -- Strong Medicine Drugs and Sports Redux; Bibliography
- Isbn
- 9780773430167
- Label
- Philosophical Reflections on Physical Strength : Does a Strong Mind Need a Strong Body?
- Title
- Philosophical Reflections on Physical Strength
- Title remainder
- Does a Strong Mind Need a Strong Body?
- Subject
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- Human body (Philosophy)
- Human body (Philosophy)
- Muscle strength
- Muscle strength
- Physical education and training -- Philosophy
- Physical education and training -- Philosophy
- Physical fitness -- Philosophy
- Physical fitness -- Philosophy
- Recreation & Sports
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- Sports Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Sports -- Philosophy
- Sports -- Philosophy
- Electronic books
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This collection of essays philosophically examines strength, considered in its brute, physical sense. This is the only book of its kind solely dedicated to physical strength. Each contributor has expertise in strength sports, three at the world-class level, or in an area of philosophy of sport, related to strength
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Holowchak, Mark A
- Dewey number
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- 128.2
- 796.01
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- GV342 .P428 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Todd, Terry
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Physical education and training
- Physical fitness
- Sports
- Human body (Philosophy)
- Muscle strength
- SPORTS & RECREATION
- Human body (Philosophy)
- Muscle strength
- Physical education and training
- Physical fitness
- Sports
- Social Sciences
- Recreation & Sports
- Label
- Philosophical Reflections on Physical Strength : Does a Strong Mind Need a Strong Body?
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON PHYSICAL STRENGTH: Does a Strong Mind Need a Strong Body?; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Part I: What Is Strenght?; Chapter 1 -- Does Powerlifting Really Test for Power?; Chapter 2 -- What It Really Takes to be the World's Strongest Man: A Philosophical Investigation of Strength -- Part II: Strength and Being; Chapter 3 -- Reflections, Philosophical and Otherwise, on Strength; Chapter 4 -- Philosophical and Practical Considerations for a Strongest Man Contest; Part III: Strength, Beauty, and Knowing
- Chapter 5 -- The Ki to Strength in the Martial ArtsChapter 6 -- ""Crude and Mindless Sports"" Aesthetic and Epistemic Aspects of Iron Games; Photo's; Picture 1: ""Misha"" Koklyaev; Picture 2: Travis Ortmeyer; Picture 3: The Arnold Strongman Classic Winners; Picture 4: Terry Todd (Co-editor); Picture 5: Jan Todd; Picture 6: Bill Kazmaier; Picture 7: Vasily Alexeyev; Picture 8: Louis ""Apollon"" Uni; Picture 9: Phil Pfister; Picture 10: Derek Poundstone; Picture 11: Mariusz Pudzianowski; Picture 12: Svend Karlsen; Picture 13: Raimonds Bergmanis; Picture 14: Louis Cyr
- Picture 15: Louis Cyr's Wife and ChildPicture 16: Gerard Dente, Zydrunas Savickas and Arnold Schwarzenegger; Picture 17: Jan Todd (1977); Picture 18: Final Event of the 2003 Arnold Strongman Classic; Picture 19: Zydrunas Savickas; Picture 20: John Davis; Picture 21: Jill Mills; Picture 22: Mikhael Koklyaev; Picture 23: Mark Henry; Picture 24: Norbert Schemansky; Picture 25: Derek Poundstone; Picture 26: Mikhail Koklyaev; Picture 27: Jill Mills; Picture 28: Katie Sandwina; Picture 29: Zydrunas Savickas (2008); Picture 30: Zydrunas Savickas sixth straight Cyr Bronze
- Picture 31: Terry Todd and Paul AndersonPicture 32: Arthur Saxon; Picture 33: George Hackenschmidt and Karl Swoboda; Picture 34: Vasyl Virastyuk; Picture 35: The 2007 Arnold Strongman Classic; Picture 36: Brian Siders; Picture 37: Minerva -- Picture 38: Vasyl Virastyuk; Picture 39: Jan Todd (1978); Picture 40: Key committee members of the Arnold Strongman Classic; Part IV: Strength and Ethics; Chapter 7 -- Charles Atlas and the Meaning of Life; Chapter 8 -- Heracles' Dilemma Is Strength Really a Virtue?; Part V: Strength and Gender
- Chapter 9 -- Extreme Beauty Size and Sexism in Women's Strength SportsChapter 10 -- Is Women's Bodybuilding Unfeminine? Breaking the Mold of Gender Norms; Part VI: Strength and Technology; Chapter 11 -- Gene Doping and Strength; Chapter 12 -- Strong Medicine Drugs and Sports Redux; Bibliography
- Control code
- 818882706
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (298 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780773430167
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)818882706
- Label
- Philosophical Reflections on Physical Strength : Does a Strong Mind Need a Strong Body?
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON PHYSICAL STRENGTH: Does a Strong Mind Need a Strong Body?; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Part I: What Is Strenght?; Chapter 1 -- Does Powerlifting Really Test for Power?; Chapter 2 -- What It Really Takes to be the World's Strongest Man: A Philosophical Investigation of Strength -- Part II: Strength and Being; Chapter 3 -- Reflections, Philosophical and Otherwise, on Strength; Chapter 4 -- Philosophical and Practical Considerations for a Strongest Man Contest; Part III: Strength, Beauty, and Knowing
- Chapter 5 -- The Ki to Strength in the Martial ArtsChapter 6 -- ""Crude and Mindless Sports"" Aesthetic and Epistemic Aspects of Iron Games; Photo's; Picture 1: ""Misha"" Koklyaev; Picture 2: Travis Ortmeyer; Picture 3: The Arnold Strongman Classic Winners; Picture 4: Terry Todd (Co-editor); Picture 5: Jan Todd; Picture 6: Bill Kazmaier; Picture 7: Vasily Alexeyev; Picture 8: Louis ""Apollon"" Uni; Picture 9: Phil Pfister; Picture 10: Derek Poundstone; Picture 11: Mariusz Pudzianowski; Picture 12: Svend Karlsen; Picture 13: Raimonds Bergmanis; Picture 14: Louis Cyr
- Picture 15: Louis Cyr's Wife and ChildPicture 16: Gerard Dente, Zydrunas Savickas and Arnold Schwarzenegger; Picture 17: Jan Todd (1977); Picture 18: Final Event of the 2003 Arnold Strongman Classic; Picture 19: Zydrunas Savickas; Picture 20: John Davis; Picture 21: Jill Mills; Picture 22: Mikhael Koklyaev; Picture 23: Mark Henry; Picture 24: Norbert Schemansky; Picture 25: Derek Poundstone; Picture 26: Mikhail Koklyaev; Picture 27: Jill Mills; Picture 28: Katie Sandwina; Picture 29: Zydrunas Savickas (2008); Picture 30: Zydrunas Savickas sixth straight Cyr Bronze
- Picture 31: Terry Todd and Paul AndersonPicture 32: Arthur Saxon; Picture 33: George Hackenschmidt and Karl Swoboda; Picture 34: Vasyl Virastyuk; Picture 35: The 2007 Arnold Strongman Classic; Picture 36: Brian Siders; Picture 37: Minerva -- Picture 38: Vasyl Virastyuk; Picture 39: Jan Todd (1978); Picture 40: Key committee members of the Arnold Strongman Classic; Part IV: Strength and Ethics; Chapter 7 -- Charles Atlas and the Meaning of Life; Chapter 8 -- Heracles' Dilemma Is Strength Really a Virtue?; Part V: Strength and Gender
- Chapter 9 -- Extreme Beauty Size and Sexism in Women's Strength SportsChapter 10 -- Is Women's Bodybuilding Unfeminine? Breaking the Mold of Gender Norms; Part VI: Strength and Technology; Chapter 11 -- Gene Doping and Strength; Chapter 12 -- Strong Medicine Drugs and Sports Redux; Bibliography
- Control code
- 818882706
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (298 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780773430167
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)818882706
Subject
- Human body (Philosophy)
- Human body (Philosophy)
- Muscle strength
- Muscle strength
- Physical education and training -- Philosophy
- Physical education and training -- Philosophy
- Physical fitness -- Philosophy
- Physical fitness -- Philosophy
- Recreation & Sports
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- Sports Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Sports -- Philosophy
- Sports -- Philosophy
- Electronic books
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