Olympism

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Olympism is the ideology developed by Pierre de Coubertin that underlies the modern Olympic Games. The essential elements are the belief in the unlimited possibility of personal performance improvement (motto: Citius, altius, fortius ), the requirement to celebrate the Olympic Games every four years under all circumstances , the glorification of the male lone fighter ( Débrouillard ), the quasi-religious ritual the Religio Athletae . Coubertin wanted the Olympic Games to spread as a quasi-religion and borrowed from the Apostle Paul (1 Cor 9: 24-27) to make it clear that the organizers have great freedom to place their point of view in the respective games . When asked what he thought of the Nazi Games in 1936 , he replied in a newspaper interview that it didn't matter whether the organizer advertised good weather and tourism like in Los Angeles in 1932 or a political system like 1936. In the glorification of the victor and his strength, the risk is seen that it is a fascist ideology.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pierre de Coubertin: Olympism is a State of Mind. Olympique Revue; http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1986/ore227/ore227y.pdf
  2. ↑ Hans Lenk : Values, goals, reality of the modern Olympic Games . Schorndorf: Hofmann 1964
  3. ^ Arnd Krüger : Neo-Olympism between nationalism and internationalism . In: Horst Ueberhorst (Hrsg.): Geschichte der Leibesübungen , Vol. 3/1, Berlin: Bartels & Wernitz 1980, 522-568.
  4. ↑ Sigmund Loland: Pierre de Coubertin's Ideology of Olympism from the Perspective of the History of Ideas. PDF file
  5. ^ Rudolf Malter: The "Olympism" Pierre de Coubertin's: a critical study on the idea and ideology of the modern Olympic Games and sport. Cologne: Barz & Beienburg 1969
  6. ↑ Arnd Krüger: Coubertin débrouillardise and the modern professional sports . In: Ommo Grupe (Ed.): Insights. Aspects of Olympic Sports Development. Festschrift for Walther Tröger . Schorndorf: Hofmann 1999, 202-206.
  7. ^ Arnd Krüger: What's the Difference between Propaganda for Tourism or for a Political Regime? What the 1936 Olympics the First Postmodern Spectacle? In: John Bale, Mette Krogh Kristensen (Eds.): PostOlympism? Questioning Sport in the 21st Century . Oxford: Berg 2004, pp. 33-50
  8. ↑ Törbjörn Tännsjö: Is Our Admiration for Sports Heroes Fascistoid? Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 25 (1998), 1, 23-34