ABSTRACT
A five-level analysis for sport aesthetics is proposed, the purpose of which is to coordinate extant pockets of scholarship on a single conceptual map, identify gaps in the literature, and so motivate a fresh perspective on ongoing debates and novel topics in the field. Level 1 is the athlete’s body, Level 2 athletic movement, Level 3 the performances composed by such movements, Level 4 the frameworks making sport actions intelligible, Level 5 the wider significance attached to sporting events. The author foreshadows some of the theoretical payoff later in the book, then responds to three possible objections to the proposed analysis: deflationary, normative, and etymological.
