Discourses of Olympism [electronic resource] : From the Sorbonne 1894 to London 2012 /
Chatziefstathiou, D.author.
Henry, I.author.
This book evaluates the moral project of Olympism, analzying the changing value positions adopted in relation to the ideology of Olympism across the period from the 1890s to the present day. The book also analyzes discourses of Olympism concerned with youth, governance, sport for development and international relations.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Developing Discursive Constructions of Olympism -- The Discursive Construction of Modern Olympic Histories -- Coubertin: Patronage and Paternalistic Discourses of Olympism (1887-1937) -- Carl Diem - Olympism in the Shadow of Fascism and the Post-war Rehabilitation (1912-1961) -- From Bi-polar to Multi-polar International Relations: Olympism and the Speakers at the International Olympic Academy in the Cold War and Post-Cold War Era -- Technologies of Power, Governmentality and Discourses of Olympism in the Twenty-First Century -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book evaluates the moral project of Olympism, analzying the changing value positions adopted in relation to the ideology of Olympism across the period from the 1890s to the present day. The book also analyzes discourses of Olympism concerned with youth, governance, sport for development and international relations.
Sports—Sociological aspects.
Social policy.
Social history.
International relations.
Cultural studies.
Sports.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Social Policy.
Social History.
International Relations.
Cultural Studies.
Popular Science in Sports.