Sports and Globalization

Which story are Sports telling us on how the world is changing? What kind of “metaphore of globalization” are the last Games suggesting? Vision has written an essay on the Olympics as a metaphore of Globalization and has asked to some young opinion leaders to comment the Games under this prospective.

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The Olympics as a metaphore of Globalization

Once upon a time, sports were said to be a metaphor for life, and this was also most frequently suggested as the explanation for their popularity. In fact, the Olympics have demonstrated that they are able not only to breathe life into individuals’ stories but also to provide a language for historical and political processes that are changing the world: they offer a different semantic which contrasts the obsolete one usually offered by economics and politics, and which may even be more effective.
What story does Athens tell about how the world is changing? What kind of “metaphor for globalization” do the latest games propose? Vision has written an essay on the Olympics as a metaphore of Globalization and has asked to some young opinion leaders to comment the Games under this prospective.

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The Olympic Games as a Metaphor of Globalization
Introduction by Vision

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The Olympic Philosophy as a Model for “Moral Capitalism”
Kimon Valaskakis, Canada

The Olympic World from a Gold Medalist Perspective
Carmela Allucci, Italia

Athens 2004: Just a Beginning or the End?
Deniz Akkan, Instambul

Journal of a Sports Commentator after Athens
Stephen Benians, Bruxelles

India Needs to Join the Race
Rana Sarkar, London

The First Time of Israele
Menachem Rabinovitz, Jerusalem

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Power and Control
Charles Imevbore, Nigeria

Must try harder
Azeem Azhar, London