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Sport and Revolutionaries

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This collection examines the role of sport in the lives of key revolutionary thinkers and leftist activists. In contrast to those who take a more romantic view of sport and believe in its apolitical nature, the chapters in this book help make clear how sport has served as a site for political activism and the revolutionary thought and practices of such individuals as Henry Mayers Hyndman, Vladimir Lenin, Fidel Castro, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Harry Edwards, Charles Perkins, and Darius Dhlomo. Written by noted scholars, each chapter in turn provides insights into the close connection between sport, politics, and revolutionary movements in countries varying widely in their history, governmental policies, and treatment of individuals and groups. This book, which adopts a very broad definition of revolutions, is written with the hope of encouraging more serious thought regarding the transformative potential of sports, which can be individually liberating, as well as responsible for co-opting the lower classes and helping maintain power among the political and economic elite in capitalist as well as socialist societies. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

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ISBN: 9781138058101
Publication date: 31st March 2017
Author: John Nauright
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 125 pages
Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
Genres: Social and political philosophy
Far-left political ideologies and movements
Cricket
Association football (Soccer)
Track and field sports, athletics
Nationalism