UHVD3449 Social history of sport

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar focuses on the history of modern sport that was formed mainly in England since the end of the 18th cnetury by a codification of rules. The course should give methodological tools to deal sport as a serious historical issue, as an important modern social phenomenon. The students will learn about the sources as well as contemporary ways of research in sports history abroad. Some aspects of sports history will be discussed more profoundly, such as the relations between sports and media, sports and arts etc.
Syllabus
  • 1. What one needs to know about sport as a historian
    2. The concept of modern sport: ethymology, development
    3. Philosophical and sociological interpretation of games / sports
    4. Olympic Games: its way from ideal to business
    5. Sports and gender
    6. Sport and nationalism
    7. Sports and media
    8. Sport and money
    9. Sport and art
    10. The continental tradition of physical culture: Turnverein and Sokol
    11. The introduction of English sports in the Bohemian Lands
    12. Social classification of sports: Tennis and Football
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Waic, M. (ed.). Češi a Němci ve světě tělovýchovy a sportu - Die Deutschen und Tschechen in der Welt des Turnens un des Sports. Praha 2004. info
  • Krátký, F. - Kössl, J. - Marek, J. Dějiny tělesné výchovy. II. díl. Praha 1982. info
  • Eisenberg, C. Die Entdeckung des Sports durch die moderne Geschichtswissenschaft. In: Historical Social Research 2002, vol. 27, Nr. 2-3, s. 4-21. [http://hsr-trans.zhsf.uni-koeln.de/hsrretro/docs/artikel/hsr/hsr2002_540.pdf.]. info
  • Eisenberg, C. "English sports" und deutsche Bürger. Eine Gesellschaftsgeschichte 1800-1939. Paderborn - München - Wien - Zürich 1999. info
  • Waic, Marek a kol. Německé tělovýchovné a sportovní spolky v českých. info
  • Bureš, P. - Plichta, J. Sport a tělesná kultura v Československé republice a cizině. Praha 1931. info
  • Bosák, E. a kol. Stručný přehled vývoje sportovních odvětví v Československu. I. díl Praha 1969. info
  • Děkanovský, J. Sport, média a mýty. Praha, 2008. info
  • Petr Roubal. "Dnes na Strahově promluví masy". Proměna symboliky československých spartakiád 1955-1990, in: KUDĚJ. časopis, 2006. info
  • OLIVOVÁ, V. Lidé a hry. Praha, 1977. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* Minimum 80% presence
* active cooperation / work with selected texts
* delivering a presentation on an assigned topic
* passing of a test
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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