Sports and civilization

is violence the central problem?

Ruud Stokvis

pp. 121-136

in: Eric Dunning, Chris Rojek (eds), Sport and leisure in the civilizing process, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 1992

Abstract

In sociological discussions on sports, defining the term 'sport" remains a recurring problem. In general, it is best not to deliberate upon the matter for too long and to raise the specific subject one has in mind. After all, each and every one of us understands what we are talking about.