With every positive drugs test the credibility and veracity of modern elite sport is diminished. This book critiques anti-doping policy and practice. It argues that the fight against doping - promoted as an initiative to cleanse sport of cheats - is at heart nothing less than a battle to save sport from itself.
In this radical and provocative critique of current anti-doping policy and practice, Verner Møller argues that the fight against doping - promoted as an initiative to cleanse sport of cheats - is at heart nothing less than a battle to save sport from itself, located on the fault-line between the will to purity and the will to win. Written in a lively and engaging style, and skilfully blending empirical case studies with cutting edge theory, this book represents an important statement on the nature of sport, morality and modernity. It is important reading for all serious students and scholars of the ethics, sociology and politics of sport.
"The issue of doping in sport is contentious and complex. In this insightful work, Møller examines the philosophical and social issues involved from his vantage point as coordinator of the International Network of Humanistic Doping Research...This work will interest scholars and students in disciplines ranging from sport studies (including management) to philosophy and ethics. Summing Up: Recommended." -- Choice, May 2010
