The Olympics: The Basics
Andy Miah author Beatriz Garcia author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:19th Jan '12
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The Olympics: The Basics is an accessible, contemporary introduction to the Olympic movement and Games. Chapters explain how the Olympics transcend sports, engaging us with a range of contemporary philosophical, social, cultural and political matters, including:
- peace development and diplomacy
- management and economics
- corruption, terror and activism
- the rise of human enhancement
- ethics and environmentalism.
This book explores the controversy and the legacy of the Olympics, drawing attention to the deeper values of Olympism, as the Olympic movement’s most valuable intellectual property. This engaging, lively, and often challenging book, is essential reading for newcomers to Olympic studies and offers new insights for Olympic scholars.
"With this book, [the authors] have risen to the challenge of producing what is labelled a basic text, but is in fact an insightful overview of a complex, disperse and widely researched field of enquiry."
JOMEC Journal
ISBN: 9780415595872
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 540g
208 pages