Philosophy Risk and Adventure Sports

<p>With interest and participation in extreme and adventure sports growing year on year the time is ripe for a thoughtful and analytical assessment of this phenomenon from a rigorous philosophical perspective. </p><p>This collection of essays is the first single-source treatment of adventure sports from an exclusively philosophical standpoint. The text offers students a uniquely focused reader of this burgeoning area of interest and provides scholars with a source book for further studies in this area. </p><p>Featuring contributions from well-respected writers in the field who each also have personal familiarity of participation in adventure and extreme sports this is set to become a classic analysis of the intersections between philosophy and extreme experiences encompassing essential related concepts of elation danger death wilderness and authenticity.</p>