Argues that in highly constrained, \'civilised\' societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and Leisure activities - are to be understood not in terms of \'relaxation\' but rather of the need for pleasurable excitement and its pleasurable resolution..
Argues that in highly constrained, \'civilised\' societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and Leisure activities - are to be understood not in terms of \'relaxation\' but rather of the need for pleasurable excitement and its pleasurable resolution.