sport and politics

Small states: sport and politics at the margin

Sport and Politics: the (gross) Anatomy of Their Relationships

The subject which has come to be identified under the heading 'Sport and Politics' is a vast and complicated one. In trying to gain a better understanding of the subject there may be many useful approaches, but perhaps it is best to start with a familiar slogan 'Keep politics out of sport', which is the battle-cry for one side of a common dispute. Probably the most notorious utterance of this w...

Intentionality, Politics, And Religion

The idea that intentionality is the distinctive mark of the mental or that only mental phenomena have intentionality emerged in the philosophical tradition after Franz Brentano. Much of contemporary philosophy is dedicated to a rejection of the view that mental phenomena have original intentionality. In other words, main strands of contemporary philosophy seek to naturalize intentionality of th...

The Olympic Movement as an Example of the Interdependence between Sport and Politics

Politics of the Sporting Body A study of sport as a political tool under Communism

Writing 20 (Spring 2007): Embodying Social Meaning Professor Marcia Rego This paper started out as the final research project for my Writing 20 class, “Embodying Social Meaning” taught by Dr. Marcia Rego. This four-month long course exposed me to the diverse and fascinating ways in which the human body has been used by different cultures to express their unique beliefs and traditions. Our readi...

“A More Equitable Society”: The Politics of Global Fairness in Paralympic Sport

The Paralympic Movement explicitly sets out to create a more equitable society and promote participation for all and fairness in disability sport. This is primarily achieved through the use of a range of interventions with less attention given to how economic factors may hinder access and achievement in Paralympic sport. We investigated how country-level economic variables influence the level o...