Europe was transformed into the modern society at the end of the 19th century with social development and material civilization. In a radically changing society, people needed stability and had a reason of creating tradition. With this flow of society...
Europe was transformed into the modern society at the end of the 19th century with social development and material civilization. In a radically changing society, people needed stability and had a reason of creating tradition. With this flow of society, the modern Olympic Games were launched.
Under the imperialistic thought-oriented conditions of the times, Coubertin was worried over the absence of school's physical education in France and therefore positively introduced the British sport system, thus dreaming a humanist ideal of establishing the modern Olympic Games.
He traced the social continuity and historical tradition of the modern Olympic Games back to the ancient Olympic Games in Greece. He regarded the games of Much-Wenlock in Britain as the model of modern Olympic Games which preserved the tradition of the ancient Olympic Games.
In order to settle down the modern Olympic Games early, Coubertin held the Games with an international exposition. Although it was separated from the international exposition from the fifth Games, a variety of its ceremonial and memorial events were derived from the ideal imitation of the international exposition.
With the launching of the modern Olympic Games, amateurism couldn't but become its inseparable partner. Although he gave no special meaning to amateurism privately, Coubertin established the entry rules of amateurs in the modern Olympic Games as a means of settling it down quickly. However, amateurism was underlie some discriminatory elements which interfering people's liberal participation in sport events.