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Realpolitik as a component of the Olympic Games held in East Asia
has been largely ignored by historians. However, sport was an
integral part of cultural diplomacy and the expression of national
prowess for the three Games held in East Asia: 1964 Tokyo, 1988
Seoul and 2008 Beijing. It is time this was recorded. The Olympic
Games had transformational political, economic and cultural effects
for the host cities and countries. This also is a neglected topic.
The Triple Asian Olympics: Asia Rising explores the realities of
global transformation, regional ascendancy and metaphorical
modernity of the East Asian Olympics and, by extension, East Asia.
As the axis of global geo-political and economic power shifts to
the East, analyzing the significance of the Olympic Games in East
Asia becomes significant to an understanding the shifting nature of
the nations of East Asia. The Triple Asian Games are harbingers of
dramatic geopolitical change. This is the first study to record,
confront and examine this contemporary phenomenon. For this reason,
this unique collection promises to attract a wide readership. This
book was originally published as a special issue of The
International Journal of the History of Sport.
The reawakening of Asian martial arts is a distinct example of
cultural hybridity in a global setting. This book deals with
history of Asian martial arts in the contexts of tradition,
religion, philosophy, politics and culture. It attempts to deepen
the study of martial arts studies in their transformation from
traditional to modern sports. It is also important that this book
explores how Asian martial arts, including Shaolin martial arts and
Taekwondo, have worked as tools for national advocate of identities
among Asians in order to overcome various national hardships and to
promote nationalism in the modern eras. The Asian martial arts
certainly have been transformed in both nature and content into
unique modern sports and they have contributed to establishing
cultural homogeneity in Asia. This phenomenon can be applied to the
global community. The chapters in this book were originally
published as a special issue in the International Journal of the
History of Sport.
Realpolitik as a component of the Olympic Games held in East Asia
has been largely ignored by historians. However, sport was an
integral part of cultural diplomacy and the expression of national
prowess for the three Games held in East Asia: 1964 Tokyo, 1988
Seoul and 2008 Beijing. It is time this was recorded. The Olympic
Games had transformational political, economic and cultural effects
for the host cities and countries. This also is a neglected topic.
The Triple Asian Olympics: Asia Rising explores the realities of
global transformation, regional ascendancy and metaphorical
modernity of the East Asian Olympics and, by extension, East Asia.
As the axis of global geo-political and economic power shifts to
the East, analyzing the significance of the Olympic Games in East
Asia becomes significant to an understanding the shifting nature of
the nations of East Asia. The Triple Asian Games are harbingers of
dramatic geopolitical change. This is the first study to record,
confront and examine this contemporary phenomenon. For this reason,
this unique collection promises to attract a wide readership. This
book was originally published as a special issue of The
International Journal of the History of Sport.
This cutting edge collection presents a political reading of the
power of modern sport in Asia. Providing an interdisciplinary study
of political and cultural tensions in Asia, past and present,
through the key case-study of sport, it illuminates the complex
practices and legacies of Japanese imperialism across East and
Southeast Asia through the 20th century and beyond. Focusing on the
deep background to contemporary dynamics of intraregional tensions,
it examines sport both as a tool of imperialism and as an agent of
reconciliation as the region gears up to the 2020 Olympics in
Tokyo. Offering a unique contribution to East Asian Studies,
Colonial and Postcolonial Studies and Sport Studies, this work
represent key reading for students and scholars of East Asian
studies, International Politics and Sports Diplomacy.
This cutting edge collection presents a political reading of the
power of modern sport in Asia. Providing an interdisciplinary study
of political and cultural tensions in Asia, past and present,
through the key case-study of sport, it illuminates the complex
practices and legacies of Japanese imperialism across East and
Southeast Asia through the 20th century and beyond. Focusing on the
deep background to contemporary dynamics of intraregional tensions,
it examines sport both as a tool of imperialism and as an agent of
reconciliation as the region gears up to the 2020 Olympics in
Tokyo. Offering a unique contribution to East Asian Studies,
Colonial and Postcolonial Studies and Sport Studies, this work
represent key reading for students and scholars of East Asian
studies, International Politics and Sports Diplomacy.
The reawakening of Asian martial arts is a distinct example of
cultural hybridity in a global setting. This book deals with
history of Asian martial arts in the contexts of tradition,
religion, philosophy, politics and culture. It attempts to deepen
the study of martial arts studies in their transformation from
traditional to modern sports. It is also important that this book
explores how Asian martial arts, including Shaolin martial arts and
Taekwondo, have worked as tools for national advocate of identities
among Asians in order to overcome various national hardships and to
promote nationalism in the modern eras. The Asian martial arts
certainly have been transformed in both nature and content into
unique modern sports and they have contributed to establishing
cultural homogeneity in Asia. This phenomenon can be applied to the
global community. The chapters in this book were originally
published as a special issue in the International Journal of the
History of Sport.
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