Agonal sublimation and religio athletae. Ernst Curtius and Pierre de Coubertin on religion and sports at the Olympic Games.

Autor/in	Nebelin, Marian
Titel	Agonal sublimation and religio athletae. Ernst Curtius and Pierre de Coubertin on religion and sports at the Olympic Games. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Agonale Sublimierung und Religio Athletae.Ernst Curtius und Pierre de Coubertin über Religion und Sport bei den Olympischen Spielen.
Quelle	In: Nikephoros, 29 (2023) 2023, S. 47-123Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0934-8913
Schlagwörter	Bildungsideal; Gesellschaft; Rezeption; Kampfverhalten; Literatur; Geschichte (Histor); Historische Quelle; Moderne; Religion; Olympische Idee; Sportgeschichte; Sportphilosophie; Sportsoziologie; Archäologie; 19. Jahrhundert; Altertum; Ideal; Interpretation; Olympische Spiele; Coubertin, Pierre de; Griechenland; Olympia
Abstract	The archaeologist Ernst Curtius (1814-1896) led the great German excavation of Olympia between 1875 and 1881. The sports official Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) is considered the founder of the modern Olympic Games. In this article, the background and the development of their respective preoccupation with the ancient city of Olympia and the Olympic Games are reconstructed. Subsequently, their interpretation of the relationship between religion and sport will be examined. It becomes clear that Curtius considered the Olympic Games to be 'civilizing' and thought of it as a model for his present, while Coubertin regarded the ancient Olympic Games as an example of the so-called religio athletae, which he promoted in his present to be the ideal of sport and also a socio-political 'cure'. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2025/1