Sport and Militarism: Contemporary global perspectives

Book Overview

The institutional relationship between sport and the military appears to be intensifying. In the US, for example, which faced global criticism for its foreign policy during the "war on terror," militaristic images and discourses are commonplace at sporting events. This critical, interdisciplinary and international volume seeks to identify intersections of sport and militarism as a means to interrogate, interrupt, and intervene on behalf of democratic, peaceful politics. Viewing sport as a crucial site in which militarism is made visible and legitimate, it explores the connections between sport, the military and the state, and their impact on wider society and culture.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138690201
• ISBN13: 9781138690202
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"