From its very beginnings physical culture has been established with political and economic relationships. Although some may argue that it is possible to separate sport from politics and economics, it is inevitable. The Dialectic Thesis, which states that physical culture is influenced by the society its in, and that society is influenced by physical culture (Clevenger, 2016), supports this concept. Physical culture has been used by politicians and businessmen to shape society. From as early as the 17th century, it has been used to show a country’s or an elite groups power (Clevenger, 2016). Physical culture has also been used to make society more consumeristic. In Avery Brundage’s statement, he argues that sport can be separated from political
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In relation to Brundage’s statement, although the committee did not involve politics itself, the nations participating would have their own politics involved whether it be by them excluding a certain group of people or asserting power in some other way. This has been something seen in physical culture for a long time. For example, the United States has constantly promoted the American Dream; that all people have the opportunity to rise based on one’s talent and effort (Clevenger, 2016), yet there has constantly been inequality, allowed by the government itself, preventing certain social groups from actually achieving the American Dream. For example, after the Reconstruction, African Americans were still being excluded from American Society through Jim Crow laws. Once the Civil Rights Movement began leaders took various approaches which were through aggression, avoidance, or accommodation (Dorinson, 1997) to fight against this. Organizations such as the NAACP, which took an aggressive approach, also formed to fight segregation. Segregation was also seen in sports. There were no laws that prevented African Americans from playing sports, but concepts such as the “gentleman’s agreement” allowed them to be excluded. The “gentleman’s agreement” prevented African Americans from …show more content…
For example, 17th Century Colonial New England, used the restriction of certain physical activities such as dance and bowling games to express their beliefs that it was unmoral (Clevenger, 2016). In relation to the modern Olympics, when Germany was awarded the 1936 Olympic Games they soon saw this as an opportunity to use it as propaganda for their Nazi Party (Clevenger, 2016). During this time the Great Depression was taking over and three political ideologies were dominating: Democracy, Communism, and Fascism. Every nation was trying to make their ideology the dominant one by attempting to prove that it would resolve the Great Depression. The Fascist approach was spreading rapidly throughout Europe, which was a highly nationalistic and militaristic government (Clevenger, 2016). The Nazi Party, whose ideologies lied within Fascism, used the Olympics to “express historical ambitions and significance of Nazism, despite Games (notionally) dedicated to the ideal of peace” (Clevenger, 2016). Germany wasn 't the only country to use the Olympics to spread their ideologies. In brief, the Olympics has been an a common ground for many nations to project their political ideologies and assert symbolic dominance (Clevenger,
In relation to Brundage’s statement, although the committee did not involve politics itself, the nations participating would have their own politics involved whether it be by them excluding a certain group of people or asserting power in some other way. This has been something seen in physical culture for a long time. For example, the United States has constantly promoted the American Dream; that all people have the opportunity to rise based on one’s talent and effort (Clevenger, 2016), yet there has constantly been inequality, allowed by the government itself, preventing certain social groups from actually achieving the American Dream. For example, after the Reconstruction, African Americans were still being excluded from American Society through Jim Crow laws. Once the Civil Rights Movement began leaders took various approaches which were through aggression, avoidance, or accommodation (Dorinson, 1997) to fight against this. Organizations such as the NAACP, which took an aggressive approach, also formed to fight segregation. Segregation was also seen in sports. There were no laws that prevented African Americans from playing sports, but concepts such as the “gentleman’s agreement” allowed them to be excluded. The “gentleman’s agreement” prevented African Americans from …show more content…
For example, 17th Century Colonial New England, used the restriction of certain physical activities such as dance and bowling games to express their beliefs that it was unmoral (Clevenger, 2016). In relation to the modern Olympics, when Germany was awarded the 1936 Olympic Games they soon saw this as an opportunity to use it as propaganda for their Nazi Party (Clevenger, 2016). During this time the Great Depression was taking over and three political ideologies were dominating: Democracy, Communism, and Fascism. Every nation was trying to make their ideology the dominant one by attempting to prove that it would resolve the Great Depression. The Fascist approach was spreading rapidly throughout Europe, which was a highly nationalistic and militaristic government (Clevenger, 2016). The Nazi Party, whose ideologies lied within Fascism, used the Olympics to “express historical ambitions and significance of Nazism, despite Games (notionally) dedicated to the ideal of peace” (Clevenger, 2016). Germany wasn 't the only country to use the Olympics to spread their ideologies. In brief, the Olympics has been an a common ground for many nations to project their political ideologies and assert symbolic dominance (Clevenger,