Introduction: History, Philosophy, and Kinesiology
The Evolution of Kinesiology
The Humanities and the Sciences
The Nature of History and Philosophy
The Subject Matter of Kinesiology
Chapter 1. Bodies, Brains, and Cultures
Making Sense of Our Story
Developing a Brief Chronology of Our Story
Great Leaps Forward
Patterns of Culture in Hunter-Forager Societies
The Origins of Sport
The Complexities of Work and Play in Hunting and Foraging Societies
Chapter 2. The Transition From Super Endurance Predators to Farmers
A Revolution in How We Lived
The Impact of the Neolithic Revolution on Human Vigor and Health
Physical Activity as a Tool and as a Jewel
The Difficulties of Interpreting Ancient Sporting Cultures
A Model of Traditional Sport
Chapter 3. Ancient Greece and the Shape of Modern Sport and Physical Education
The Foundation of Western Civilization
Myth, Religion, and the Origins of Greek Physical Culture
The Birth of Philosophy
The Ancient Sporting Festivals
The Olympic Games
Greek Sporting Culture
Sources of Evidence for Ancient Greek Sport
Greek Recreation and Physical Education
Chapter 4. Continuity and Change in Physical Cultures
Monuments to Sporting Spectacles
Comparing Mesoamerican and Roman Spectacles of Blood
Opposition to Gladiatorial Contests
The Ethics of Brutality in Sport
Contrast and Continuity
The Enduring Martial Traditions
Religious and Intellectual Opposition to Martial Sports
Similarities and Differences Between Eastern and Western Sport
Global Continuities and Contrasts
Chapter 5. The Expansion of the West and the Birth of the Modern World
The Birth of the "Modern World"
The Renaissance, Neoclassical Revivals of Sport, and the "Nature of Man"
The Emergence of "Modern" Debates on Human Nature
The Protestant Reformation and Sport, Physical Education, and the Body
The Scientific Revolution and Modern Attitudes Toward Sport, Physical Education, and the Body
Chapter 6. Great Britain and the Birth of Modern Sport
Sport as a Critical Modern Institution
The Rationalization of Ethics Under Utilitarianism
Rationalization and Gambling
Games for the Common Folk
The Rationalization of Fair Play
Chapter 7. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
The Emergence of Modern Sport
Liberty, Equality, and Morality
The Role of Fraternity in Modern Sport
Fraternity, Partisanship, and Spectatorship
Fraternity, Partisanship, and Commercialism
Chapter 8. Games and Empires
The Paradoxical Power of Sport
Conquest, Colonialism, and the Spread of Western Sport
Sport in Its Best Light
The Subaltern Dilemma
Sport as a Revolutionary Force
Sport, Colonialism, and American Imperialism
Chapter 9. The Rise of International Sportsworlds
Reviving the Olympic Games
Olympic Growing Pains
Social Exclusion and Other Harsh Realities of the Early Olympics
The Globalization of Modern Sport
Sport in Black and White and Technicolor
The Ethics of Commercialism
Chapter 10. The West and the Rest
Traditional and Indigenous Sport in an Age of Modernity
Western Appropriations of Eastern Muses
The Effectiveness of Folk Psychology and Folk Medicine
Encounters With the "Other"
Holistic Kinesiology
The Emergence of Countercultural Movement Practices
Chapter 11. The Golden Age of Modern Sport
Phenomenology
Cold War Sport
Modern Science and Sport
The Ethics of Performance Enhancement
Breaking Gender Barriers
Beyond the Gender Binary
The Cold War and the Politics of Race in American Sport
The Global Dimensions of Race and Sport
Sport in Living Color
Chapter 12. Snapshots From Our Times
Do Global Connections Create Global Identities?
Global Consumer Culture
The Emergence of New Global Forms
