Emotion in Sports

Yunus Tuncel teaches Philosophy at The New School, New York, USA and in New York University’s Liberal Studies Program. He is a member of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport (IAPS) and is co-founder of the Nietzsche Circle, serving on its Board of Directors and the Editorial Board of its electronic journal, The Agonist. In addition to Nietzsche and history of philosophy, he is interested in 20th-century French thought and recent artistic, philosophical, and cultural movements, including postmodernity and post-humanism. His primary areas of research are art, dance, experiences of the body in general, culture, music, myth, sports, and spectacle. He is interested in the fusion of art, sport, and philosophy in various cultural formations.

Introduction, Part I: Theoretical Framework, 1. Catharsis of Emotions, 2. The Question of Affect-Impact and Collective Dimension of Emotions, 3. The Feeling of Power and Power Relations, 4. Quality of Sentiments, Part II: Sport-Specific Emotions (SSE), 5. Fear, Anxiety, Pain, Suffering, and the Question of Authenticity, 6. Other Specific Feelings in Sporting Context: Anger, Depression (or Despair), Envy, Guilt, Sadness et al, 7. Other Specific Feelings in Sporting Context: Ambition, Euphoria, Hubris, Pride et al, Part III: Care of Emotions, 8. ‘Sentimental Education’ of Athletes, 9. Therapeutic Treatment of Emotions in Sporting Practice, 10. Emotion vs. Action: Physiological, Psychological, Linguistic, and Rational Aspects of Emotion, Epilogue