1st Edition
National Symbols at the Olympic Games An Olympics Without Flags?
By Jörg Krieger
Copyright 2025
132 Pages
by
Routledge
132 Pages
by
Routledge
132 Pages
by
Routledge
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This provocative book makes the case for the complete removal of national symbolism in the Olympic Games. Focusing on the case of national flags at the Olympic Games, it explores the history of national symbols at the Olympics and asks what this issue can tell us about the politicisation of sport in the twenty-first century.
Drawing on multi-disciplinary research from history, political science... Read more
Introduction
2. Internationalism, Flags, and the Olympics
3. The Paradox Expanded
5. Protests
6. The Great Symbol’s Shortcomings
7. Proposing New Olympic Visions: A Thought Experiment
Biography
Jörg Krieger is Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health at Aarhus University, Denmark. He also holds a Professor II position at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. He is a sport historian and leads the International Network for Doping Research, the Sport & Society Research Network, and the Lillehammer Olympic and Paralympic Studies Centre.
