| Description |
x, 134 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-134). |
| Contents |
The real nature of the Olympic Games: Berlin 1936, Moscow 1980, the football World Cup, Argentina 1978 -- Beijing 2008: the games of shame -- The Olympic charter -- Competitive sport: globalized sports-spectacle and national fetish -- Sport: as old as the world? -- Origin and development of the theses on the critique of sport -- The stadium: consolidation of the masses -- Sport, culture and youth -- The sporting champion: addiction and drugs -- The globalization of sport through doping -- The globalization of sport and the sporting mode of production -- The show stadium -- The power of images -- A standardized aesthetic -- Sexuality, homosexuality and sport -- The religion of sport -- The critique of sport as it was -- The arrival of sport as an academic discipline -- The future of the critique of sport. |
| Language |
Translated from French. |
| Subject |
Sports and state.
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Sports -- Sociological aspects.
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Sports -- Corrupt practices.
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Sports and globalization.
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| ISBN |
9781844678594 |
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1844678598 |
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9781844679133 |
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1844679136 |
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