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LeMond, Armstrong, and the Never‐Ending Wheel of Fortune
In Fritz Allhoff, Jesús Ilundáin‐Agurruza & Michael W. Austin (eds.), Cycling ‐ Philosophy for Everyone. Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 68–80 (2010-09-24)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: Heroes and Quasi‐Heroes Two‐Wheeled Heroes Illusions and Disposable Heroes Cycling's Identity Crisis Heroes in the Midst – Too Many Choices The Need for Heroes in this Postmodern Age of Reason When the Hero Faces Death All Too Human but Still Heroes? What's It All Mean, Anyway? Postscript Notes.
LeMond, Armstrong, and the Never‐Ending Wheel of Fortune heroes and quasi‐heroes ‐ integral part of society, representing human potential two‐wheeled heroes ‐ Greg LeMond illusions and disposable heroes ‐ media as primary suspect for illusions cycling's identity crisis heroes in midst ‐ LeMond's Jamesian pragmatism need for heroes in postmodern age of reason death facing the hero
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