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Rule Britannia: Nationalism, identity, and the modern Olympic games.

机译:统治大不列颠:民族主义,身份认同和现代奥林匹克运动会。

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As the cradle of modern sport, Britain's rich sporting history contributed significantly to the nation's identity both at home and abroad. Through their governance and control of leading bureaucratic organizations and clubs, the British established and maintained a position of leadership both on and off the field. Britain's early sporting dominance, coupled with the use of sport as medium for shaping the abilities, values and character of a British governing class, cultivated a belief that sport played a crucial role in the acquisition and consolidation of British hegemonic power. After an initial period of unrivalled dominance, Britain's monopolistic position as leader of modern sport eventually came under serious assault. Britain's historical sporting supremacy---similar to her imperial and economic power in general---was relative, not absolute; a position predicated more on the weaknesses of her opponents rather than her own strengths. Like the example of industrialization, a "catch-up" phenomenon quickly occurred. As foreign nations gained experience and established sporting institutions and customs of their own, free from the restraints of Victorian notions of "true" amateurism and often with direct governmental assistance, British prowess diminished at an alarming rate.;Perceiving an unwelcome deterioration in their country's relative position as a military, economic, imperial, and sporting power, the predominantly elite and politically conservative members of the British Olympic Association (BOA) naturally embraced the Olympic Games as a platform for promoting British interests. Throughout the two decades following the establishment of the BOA in 1905, Britain's Olympic leaders pursued an administrative policy designed to stem the tide of British decline, both perceived and real. Within the framework of the Olympic movement, BOA chiefs fought bitterly to maintain a sporting union with Ireland, endeavored to foster a greater sense of imperial identity with her white dominions, and even undertook an ambitious policy of athletic specialization designed to reverse the nation's waning fortunes in international sport. The BOA's nation-building efforts faced strong opposition in the face of political squabbling between the constituent parts of the British Isle, the rising political independence of the dominions, and unwavering British public and governmental aversion to the Olympic Games.
机译:作为现代体育的发源地,英国丰富的体育历史为该国在国内外的形象做出了重大贡献。通过对主要官僚组织和俱乐部的管理和控制,英国人在场内外都确立并保持了领导地位。英国早期的体育统治地位,再加上将体育作为塑造英国统治阶级的能力,价值观和性格的媒介,使人们相信体育在获取和巩固英国霸权中起着至关重要的作用。在最初无与伦比的统治时期之后,英国作为现代体育领袖的垄断地位最终遭到了严重攻击。英国历史上的体育至高无上地位-与其总体上的帝国和经济实力类似-是相对的,而不是绝对的;这个职位更多地取决于对手的劣势,而不是她自己的优势。像工业化的例子一样,“追赶”现象迅速发生。随着外国人获得经验并建立自己的体育机构和习俗,不受维多利亚式“真正”业余主义观念的束缚,并且常常在政府的直接援助下,英国的实力以惊人的速度减少。;人们认为本国的局势不受欢迎地恶化了。作为奥林匹克,经济,帝国和体育强国的相对地位,英国奥林匹克协会(BOA)的主要精英和政治保守派成员自然而然地将奥运会作为促进英国利益的平台。在1905年BOA成立后的二十年中,英国的奥林匹克领导人奉行一项旨在遏制英国衰落潮流的行政政策,无论这是实际的还是现实的。在奥林匹克运动的框架内,美联储负责人为保持与爱尔兰的体育联盟而进行了艰苦的斗争,努力增强与白人统治者的帝国认同感,甚至采取了雄心勃勃的体育专业政策,旨在扭转该国衰落的命运。在国际体育中。面对不列颠岛各组成部分之间的政治争执,各领地的政治独立性不断提高以及英国公众和政府对奥运会的坚定反对,BOA的建国努力遭到了强烈反对。

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  • 作者

    Llewellyn, Matthew P.;

  • 作者单位

    The Pennsylvania State University.;

  • 授予单位 The Pennsylvania State University.;
  • 学科 Psychology Social.;Recreation.;Political Science General.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2010
  • 页码 409 p.
  • 总页数 409
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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  • 入库时间 2022-08-17 11:37:04

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