KP141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Muscular Christianity, Olympic Games, Pierre De Coubertin
24 Mar 2018
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Lecture 26- modern empires: british idealism & american. Based on moral training of arnold at rugby. All the boys wanted to be him. All the girls wanted to date him. Romanticized power of organized sport and physical discipline. Prestige & hierarchy based on athletic prowess. Ideas of calvin, plato, arete and safrosune. Schools competency is now based on your athletic abilities. Amateur sports (esp. team sports)= foundation for character building. Amateur athletes: love the game and do not get payed. Breaking rules--- you must be doing everything right. Sport re ected perfect morality and perfect behaviour. Glorify god virtue expressed thru sports physical strength. Sport used in colonization of world (north america, india, africa, australia) These 2 guys ran the race around the court by the rst 12 and had to nish before the last 12. The guy running is jewish, which is a big deal. He only can run because he is wealthy.
