HUMANIST VALUES OF SPORT AND THE PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL GLOBALIZATION

<p>The article is dedicated to the consideration of sport activity under the perspective of social philosophy, with special attention given to core values of the contemporary sport manifested particularly by the Olympic movement. It is argued that the main intellectual source of the Olympism i...

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Main Author: Lyubov SHEREMET
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Moldova State University 2015-12-01
Series:Studia Universitatis Moldaviae: Stiinte Umanistice
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Online Access:http://ojs.studiamsu.eu/index.php/humanitarian/article/view/333
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Summary:<p>The article is dedicated to the consideration of sport activity under the perspective of social philosophy, with special attention given to core values of the contemporary sport manifested particularly by the Olympic movement. It is argued that the main intellectual source of the Olympism is the translation of liberal ideology into the sphere of sport, with the idea of dialogue as a norm of interpersonal relation serving as a pivotal in socio-cultural foundations of the contemporary Olympic movement. The current crisis of sport is described in the paper in terms of further commercialization and professionalization that corrupts its immanent original ideal used to manifest the humanistic and universal values of sport for all the humankind in general. The contemporary market economy is demonstrated as the one which has transformed sport into means for achieving business success, individualistic ‘record’ prestige and anthropological representation. It is stated that the denoted trend could be opposed by the humanization of sport, its main criterion being the role of the dialogue: sport is humane as far as it is discursive. The author argues that to preserve discourse in sport is to perform the task for humanism movement best defined by the principle ‘sport for human person, and not human person for sport’.</p><p> </p><p><strong>VALORILE UMANISTE ALE SPORTULUI ŞI PROBLEMELE GLOBALIZĂRII SOCIALE</strong></p><p>Acest articol are ca subiect activitatea sportivă cercetată din perspectiva filosofiei sociale, o atenţie deosebită fiind acordată valorilor de bază ale sportului contemporan manifestate, în special, în mişcarea olimpică. Se susţine că sursa intelectua­lă de bază a olimpismului este ideologia liberală implementată în sfera sportului, promovând ideea că dialogul, ca o normă a relaţiilor inter­personale, serveşte în calitate de fundaţie socioculturală a mişcării olimpice contemporane. Criza actuală a sportului este descrisă în lucrare în termeni de comercializare şi profesionalizare continuă care corup ideea originală, imanentă, utilizată pentru manifestarea valorilor umaniste şi universale ale sportului pentru umanitate în general. Actuala economie de piaţă este catalogată ca fiind responsabilă de transformarea sportului în mijloc de  obţinere a succesului în afaceri, a recordurilor individuale prestigioase şi pentru reprezentarea antropologică.</p>
ISSN:1811-2668
2345-1009