National Symbols at the Olympic Games: An Olympics Without Flags?

by Jörg Krieger

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 and sociology, and exploring the link between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032915862
• ISBN13: 9781032915869
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"