Introduction: sport and the event -- Ron Artest: the black body at rest (Alain Badiou) -- Eric Cantona: the body in motion (Gilles Deleuze) -- Zinedine Zidane: coup de boule (Jacques Derrida) -- Epilogue: being, event, and the philosophy of sport.
Summary:
The author examines three infamous events in sport, arguing that theorizing the event through sport makes possible an entirely original way of thinking about it.
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