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This Great Symbol: Pierre de Coubertin and the Origins of the Modern Olympic Games: Sport in the Global Society

Autor John J. Macaloon
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 noi 2007
This Great Symbol is the definitive study of the origins of the modern Olympic Games and of their founder, Pierre de Coubertin, whose ideological stamp the Olympics still bear. Behind this fascinating blend of biography and history lies an impressive framework of cultural, social, and psychological theories skilfully employed to interpret the creation and symbolism of the modern Olympic Games. Hailed as both a classic in sport history and as a paradigmatic study in the anthropology of the past, This Great Symbol helped launch the new collaboration between historians and cultural anthropologists that continues to mark the human sciences worldwide. For this 25th anniversary edition, Professor MacAloon adds a new preface evaluating subsequent scholarship on Coubertin and the Olympic origins and a highly personal afterword describing the impact of This Great Symbol on his own subsequent career as an Olympic anthropologist and cultural performance theory.
This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415390774
ISBN-10: 041539077X
Pagini: 378
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 253 mm
Greutate: 0.86 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Sport in the Global Society

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Preface to the Second Edition  2. Introduction: Laocoon  3. Nobel Works, Glorious Examples, Generous Sacrifices  4. The Vision at Rugby Chapel  5. Athletic Education  6. The Olympic Idea  7. The Mighty Working of a Symbol: From Idea to Organization  8. An Indescribable Spectacle  9. Conclusion: Flags and Flowers  10. Afterword

Descriere

This Great Symbol is the definitive study of the origins of the modern Olympic Games and of their founder, Pierre de Coubertin, behind the blend of biography and history lies an impressive framework of cultural, social, and psychological theories.

Notă biografică

John J. MacAloon is Professor and Academic Associate Dean in the Social Sciences Graduate Division and Professor in The College at The University of Chicago. His anthropological and historical studies of the modern Olympic Movement and Olympic Games have earned a global reputation. He was an executive member of the International Olympic Committee 2000 Reform Commission and has advised many Olympic bid and organizing committees and National Olympic Committees.