13/01/2025
Dear friends, members and supporters,
we are thrilled to announce the release of the english and spanish version of the book 📖:
“THE VALUE OF AGON”
SPORT, LAW, AND EDUCATION IN ANCIENT GREECE
A book by Emanuele Isidori
Prefaces by: Gennaro Terracciano, Valentino Berton
With essays by:
Antonio Sánchez-Pato
Francisco Javier López Frías
Heather L. Reid
The text is a scholarly product connected as well to the educational initiative “Agon” an annual Festival celebrating and honoring the human and cultural legacy through events held in Greece at venues famous for ancient athletic and artistic contests. This initiative promotes a deeper understanding and appreciation of Olympic values such as integration, inclusivity, democracy, respect, equality, responsibility, and individual centrality.
You will be shortly able to download the online version or to acquire a copy via our organization.
Stay tuned
European Festival of Ancient Greece 🇬🇷❤️
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CONTENTS
Preface I
Gennaro Terracciano
Preface II
Valentino Berton
The value of agon
-Introduction
-Ancient Greek sport and its cultural-historical context;
-Greek sporting agones: between culture and society;
-Analysis of the norms and rules of sporting agones;
-Conclusions: Greek sport, a legal model for conflict management;
-References.
Emanuele Isidori
-The Greek agon as an educational and pedagogical model against violence
Antonio Sánchez-Pato
-Agon and democracy: a sport philosophical viewpoint
Francisco Javier López Frías
-The heroic agon: sport and moral education in ancient ethics
Heather L. Reid
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AUTHORS
-Emanuele Isidori
Emanuele Isidori is a full Professor of General and Social Pedagogy at the University of Rome Foro Italico, where he
directs the laboratory of Pedagogy and teaches sports pedagogy, ethics, and the philosophy of sport and Olympic education. He has authored numerous publications in various languages on topics related to the human sciences of sport. Emanuele collaborates and is a member of the scientific committee of Agon, the European Festival of Ancient Greece.
-Antonio Sánchez-Pato
Antonio Sánchez-Pato is a professor and researcher in the fields of Sports Science and Sports Philosophy, boasting an
extensive academic career at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR) and UCAM. He holds degrees in Philosophy and Sports Science, and earned his doctorate from the University of A Coruña. He is also a National Athletics Coach certified by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation. Throughout his career, he has been the principal investigator on numerous projects and has actively participated in international conferences, lectures, and seminars. An author of a broad array of scholarly works, including scientific articles, book chapters, and complete books, Sánchez Pato has received accolades such as the European Athletics Innovation Award. He has held various academic leadership positions such as Chair of Sports Philosophy, Dean, and Director of several graduate programs. His research focuses on values education, violence in sports, and dual careers, spearheading key initiatives such as the Areté and Nìke research groups.
-Francisco Javier López Frías
Francisco Javier López Frías is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics at Penn State University in the USA. His research focuses on sports ethics and human enhancement, but he also has a deep interest in political philosophy, normative102 ethics, and applied ethics. He earned his doctorate cm laude in Philosophy, Ethics, and Democracy from the University of Valencia in 2014. Additionally, López Frías is affiliated with the Center for the Study of Sports in Society at his university and collaborates with the Rock Ethics Institute. His specializations include the ethics of doping, the use of human enhancement technologies in sports, and normative theories of sport.
-Heather L. Reid
Heather L. Reid is Scholar in Residence at Exedra Mediterranean Center in Siracusa, Sicily, and Professor Emerita at
Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. She is a 2015 Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, 2018-2020 Fellow of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington DC, and 2019 Fulbright Scholar at the University of Naples Federico II. She is past president and recipient of the distinguished service and distinguished scholar awards of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport. Her books include Olympic Philosophy (2020), Introduction to the Philosophy of Sport (2012), Athletics and Philosophy in the Ancient World: Contests of Virtue (2011), and The Philosophical Athlete (2002, 2nd ed. 2019).
PREFACES BY
-Gennaro Terracciano
Full Professor in Administrative and Public Law
Center for the Study of Law and Ethics
University of Rome Foro Italico
-Valentino Berton
President of the European Festival of Ancient Greece, NPO
This book was supported by:
EUROPEAN FESTIVAL OF ANCIENT GREECE NPO AND “FORO ITALICO” UNIVERSITY OF ROME.
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