The Olympics And International Order, Part 2

The Olympics And International Order, Part 2, Forbes, August 1, 2016, "The modern Olympics, those that began in 1896, were founded, as I discussed yesterday, on four pillars: they were for men only, they were for amateurs only, they were for civilized nations only, and they were democratic, in the sense that they were equally open to all classes. The pillar of democratic sport survives; the pillars of female exclusion and amateurism, obviously, have not. Today. I’ll turn to the final pillar: nationalism, and the idea of the civilized nations."