Contents

Acknowledgements

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Post- Olympism?

1 Post- Oolympism? Questioning Oolympic Historiography

2 ?What?s the Difference between Propaganda for Tourism or for a Political Regime?? Was the 1936 Olympics the first Postmodern Spectacle?

3 China and Olympism

4 The Global, the Popular and the Inter- Popular: Olympic Sport between Market, State and Civil Society

5 Cosmopolitan Olympism, Humanism and the Spectacle of 'Race'

6 Post- Olympism: Olympic Legacies, Sport Spaces and the Practices of Everyday Life

7 The Future of a Multi- Sport Mega- Event: Is there a Place for the Olympic Games in a 'Post- Olympic' World?

8 Making the World Safe for Global Capital: The Sydney 2000 Olympics and Beyond

9 The Disneyfication of the Olympics? Theme Parks and Freak- Shows of the Body

10 Essence of Post- Olympism: A Prolegomena of Study

11 Sportive Nationalism and Globalization

12 The Vulnerability Thesis and its Consequences: A Critique of Specialization in Olympic Sport

13 Doping and the Olympic Games from an Aesthetic Perspective

14 Post- Olympism and the Aestheticization of Sport Søren Damkjær

15 Laying Olympism to Rest

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