Olympism is a philosophy of life

Powerful impulse to formation of modern sports as the new organic integrity that elevates him to level of consciousness, have given positions of the Olympic Charter which accumulated in the form of fixed principles Olimpism. Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy of effort, the education value of good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles. So to us bequeathed Pierre de Coubertin in Olympic Charter.

The Olympic philosophy is original: if in traditional philosophy of life (Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Bergson) anthropological intention is not manifested, the Olimpism, calling themselves life philosophy, openly declares an anthropological essence of the ideological focus. The system of humanistic values of mankind, dating back to ancient tradition, became the basis of the philosophy of Olympism. To place sport at the service of the harmonious development of man has led to what was to promote a peaceful, tolerant society, concerned with the preservation of human dignity. By having a system of values in sport is formed mainly by the culture of Olympism.

Under the influence of technological progress and market relations arises inversion purposes of sport, when calls are sent to the society is not harmonious development of personality in society and in sport-records, sport and economic (commercial) the state of the industry. Production of the new sport performance is now such a thing as natural, as well as production of new goods, new knowledge, new techniques, new kicks, etc. Modern sport unlike the ancient Games were deprived of the absolute values, there was his desacralization, and with it, and dehumanization, it established a technocratic way of thinking and all the ensuing set of issues (commercialization, violence, doping, etc.).

The system of sporting values, developed by Pierre de Coubertin, the dehumanization of sport is the regulator and its moralism. Olympism restores balance and synthesize socio-cultural sport with culture phenomena such as morality, art, education, and thereby formulate a new quality of sports culture and its unique shape.

Declared goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of man, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity. And it can be argued that if the sport - the image of the world, Olympism - the image of (the truncated model), the ideology of the society. Justification of sports is a justification of the world in which it exists. Sports representativeness and creates social reality in relation to the Olympic ideology.
As was noted earlier Olympism - a philosophy of life, blending sport with culture and education. The historical process has had and has a significant impact on changing the inner meaning of Olympism, modeling it for the challenges of society, among which the main goal remains the creation of a harmonious personality.

Soskov Boris