Review article
https://doi.org/10.47960/2712-0457.2.5.97
SPORT AND NATIONAL IDENTITY
Ivan Tomić
; Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England, UK
Abstract
Sports have the unique ability to unite fervor and vigor for a common goal. For his universal value, sport has the enormous potential to create a more positive and sustainable future for all. Sport is inseparable from society, and it’s also inseparable from the national feeling and national identity. Politics and sports are so closely related that it is difficult to imagine that they could be kept separated, with politics remaining unrelated to sports. There are various perspectives from which this association might be evaluated. Every national sports organization bases its operations on regional aspects and recognizes and uses regional social structures and cultural identities. In turn, the national association members refer to certain types of regional identity. The identity creation and expression process contributed to contemporary sports’ historical development and global dissemination. Sports can have different aspects on social life, and in this paper, we fundamentally focus on positive and negative aspects.
Keywords
sport; national identity; positive aspects; negative aspects.
Hrčak ID:
317040
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Publication date:
30.12.2023.
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