Olympics: The Basics - Paperback / softback
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Olympics: The Basics - Paperback / softback
The Olympics: The Basicsis 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, includingpeace development and diplomacymanagement and economicscorruption, terror and activismthe rise of human enhancementethics 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.
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