ANTH 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gossip, Nicomachean Ethics, Adam Kadmon
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Anthropologia was used by aristotle in nichomachean ethics. Modern world is deficient in conception of games as purely athletic (poetry, singing, and oration) First contest of all was between trumpet (salpinx) players. Determine who would start the stadion (200m dash) Some decry any interference of politics, into realm of sports. Baron coubertin, one of the founders of the olympics, dreamed that olympics could foster understanding among people. 424 bce- during peloponnesian war, spartans were banned from games. 364 bce: elis invaded olympian to take it over; archers (like sam-wielding london troops n: resisted; spectators cheered the battle. Olympic torch was a 1936 nazi invention, to highlight the glories of hitler"s germany. Oct 2, 1968: protest gov"s transfer of million from social service"s budget to the olympic games. 300+ people killed by army, who started shooting because olympic brigade started shooting with intention of inciting army into shooting. Games almost cancelled, but one vote kept it going.
