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The Five Rings and the “Imagined Community”: Nationalism and the Modern Olympic Games
- SAIS Review of International Affairs
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 35, Number 2, Summer-Fall 2015
- pp. 21-32
- 10.1353/sais.2015.0026
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Abstract
This paper distills the many forms or expressions of nationalism associated with the Olympic Games into four historical themes: the Olympic athlete, or team, as a tangible representation of the nation incarnate; the symbolic value of victories and medals; the diplomatic significance of recognition in the International Olympic Committee; and the political currency of hosting an Olympic festival.
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