Publication at Faculty of Physical Education and Sport |
2012
Abstract
This paper is based on the work of Pierre de Coubertin and his view of Olympism. It examines Coubertin's distinction between two kinds of sport, Olympic sport and World Championship sport, with reference to metaphors: 'fair' (market), and 'temple'.
The ideas are worked out from within the philosophy of existence, particularly from the work of Jan Patočka, who develops the idea of different 'movements of human existence'.