Discourses of Olympism

Chatziefstathiou, D.; Henry, Ian

doi:10.1057/9781137035561

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“…Alongside the critical examinations of SDP there have been many scholarly critiques of the IOC and its organisation of the current rendition of the Olympic Games. While the IOC continues to present its event and its role in the world as something that is beneficial to society – specifically its promotion of the moral ideology of Olympism – critical researchers have questioned whether in fact the modern Olympics and the IOC actually espouse these values at all (Chatziefstathiou and Henry, 2012; Hoberman, 2011). The IOC has also been criticised for its secretive practices and its links to various corruption scandals that often go unnoticed for some time (Jennings, 1996, 2000).…”

Section: Sport and The Ioc In International Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The International Olympic Committee: A United Nations Permanent Observer of post-politics?

Luijk

2018

International Area Studies Review

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In October of 2009 the United Nations (UN) General Assembly accepted the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) application for Permanent Observer status. This is an honour usually reserved for non-Member States and intergovernmental organisations; very rarely do non-governmental organisations (NGOs) obtain this position. The position enables the IOC to directly influence General Assembly policy decisions. This paper examines how the IOC was able to obtain such a unique status when other NGOs have had their applications rejected, and asks: what does this appointment mean for the involvement of broader civil society at the UN? The paper argues that there are various factors at play that have influenced the relationship between a global sports organisation and an international development organisation, including the neoliberalisation of development, the global power of sport, and processes of legitimation for both the IOC and the UN.

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Section: Sport and The Ioc In International Developmentmentioning

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The International Olympic Committee: A United Nations Permanent Observer of post-politics?

Luijk

2018

International Area Studies Review

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“…No cabe duda de que el movimiento olímpico puede contribuir al cumplimiento de los derechos humanos. El discurso olímpico, aunque no es conocido por la persona de a pie, tiene un fuerte carácter normativo que se representa en la ideología humanista del Olimpismo y en los valores olímpicos (Chatziefstathiou and Henry, 2012). Sin embargo, debe evitarse una posición evangélica de que el deporte es la solución a todos los problemas.…”

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Pierre De Coubertin Y Los Derechos Humanos: Deporte Como Derecho Humano

Chatziefstathiou

2020

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Los Juegos Olímpicos y Paraolímpicos generan grandes expectativas sobre los derechos humanos debido a su reivindicación de promover el bien común a través del deporte. El fundador de los Juegos Olímpicos modernos, Pierre de Coubertin, ha hecho referencia a menudo a las nuevas tendencias del cosmopolitismo y el internacionalismo. Algunas organizaciones del siglo xix y xx, los llamados «internacionalismos idealistas», utilizaron el deporte como vehículo principal para su «misión civilizadora», entre los que se incluye el Movimiento Olímpico. Y fue en esta época en la que Coubertin anunció su idea de revivir los Juegos Olímpicos como medio para resolver los enfrentamientos internacionales y mantener la paz mundial. Pero al mismo tiempo su Olimpismo ha sido visto como excluyente, elitista y racista. El «deporte olímpico», se asocia predominantemente con las culturas occidentales, y a pesar de la filosofía del «juego limpio» y la promesa del interculturalismo, el camino hacia la inclusión plena y el reconocimiento de los derechos humanos en los Juegos Olímpicos ha sido inconsistente. Las categorizaciones y discriminaciones raciales, que comparten características con el darwinismo social, fueron parte del Olimpismo operante en los principios de siglo, a pesar de los ideales de igualdad racial y fraternidad. A lo largo de la historia, en el deporte siempre ha habido un debate desafiante sobre el cumplimiento de los derechos humanos. La parte positiva es que los órganos rectores del deporte como el Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI) facilitan la promoción de la paz, la solidaridad y la fraternidad entre las naciones participantes. Sin embargo, debe evitarse una posición evangélica de que el deporte es la solución a todos los problemas.

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“…With increasing globalisation and expansion of industrial capitalist commerce and consumption, as well as associated advances in technological innovation and communication, contradictions have increased in scope and intensity to the detriment of the founding philosophy of Olympism. While the formative ideals of the Olympic Movement have endured, and to a degree continue to decorate the structure and organisation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), they are increasingly incompatible with the financial imperatives, commercial ethos and culture of consumption integral to the Olympic Games (Chatziefstathiou and Henry, 2012; Guttmann, 2002; Zakus and Skinner, 2008).…”

Section: Introduction: Olympism and The Olympic Gamesmentioning

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“…There is ample evidence that the values of sporting ‘amateurism’, constituted in 19th-century England and pivotal to Coubertin’s vision, had no place in Ancient Greece, the birthplace of Olympic competition, where organised athletic guilds bargained for athletes who were ‘predominantly professional’ (Toohey and Veal, 2007: 20). De Coubertin (2000a [1904]: 406) was misguided about the significance he attributed to sport at Rugby school in England, ‘that Mecca of sports education’; mistaken about its headmaster Thomas Arnold who was far more interested in moral education than sport and physical development; and not nearly appreciative enough of the respects in which the wider culture and political economy of sport were already being transformed in ways contrary to his moral and educational vision of the modern Olympic Games (Chatziefstathiou and Henry, 2012: 77). From its inception, the ethical philosophy of Olympism encountered discordant and contradictory developments and these have only increased with the passage of time as professionalism, commercialism and consumerism have transformed sport into a spectacular consumer-oriented global business (Guttmann, 2002; Smith and Himmelfarb, 2008; Walmsley, 2004).…”

Section: Introduction: Olympism and The Olympic Gamesmentioning

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Consuming Olympism: Consumer culture, sport star sponsorship and the commercialisation of the Olympics

Smart

2018

Journal of Consumer Culture

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The roots of Olympism lie in the late 19th century and Baron Pierre de Coubertin's revival of the Olympic Games. The values of Olympism have been increasingly compromised by subsequent developments which have significantly transformed modern sport. Professionalism, commercialism, proliferating forms of spectacular media representation and a globalising consumer culture have transformed the Olympic Games and reduced the values of Olympism to marketing rhetoric. The summer Olympic Games in particular have become unrivalled marketing opportunities for host cities, consumer brands, and participating athletes, for whom the prospect of sporting success now promises to deliver wealth, stardom, and iconic global status beyond track and field. The complex forms of articulation of the Olympics with consumer culture are at the heart of the article which gives critical consideration to (1) the increasing commercialisation of the Olympic Games, (2) the growth of Olympic merchandising and (3) a comparison of the athletic performances, profiles, and consumer sponsorship statuses of three generations of iconic Olympic sprinters, Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, and Usain Bolt, confirming in conclusion that the Olympic Games is immersed within and infused by a pervasive consumer culture.

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Discourses of Olympism

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The International Olympic Committee: A United Nations Permanent Observer of post-politics?

The International Olympic Committee: A United Nations Permanent Observer of post-politics?

Pierre De Coubertin Y Los Derechos Humanos: Deporte Como Derecho Humano

Consuming Olympism: Consumer culture, sport star sponsorship and the commercialisation of the Olympics

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