Wolfgang Behringer, Kulturgeschichte des Sports. Vom antiken Olympia bis zur Gegenwart, München, C.H. Beck 2012, 494 s., ISBN 978-3-406-63205-1
Abstract
The expert in the early modern times Wolfgang Behringer tries to describe in his new publiction the process of the "sportification" in the early modern times, than to characterize the relations between the european and world sport, to outline the development of sport since its origins to our times and to give a definition of this phenomenon as well. The structure of the book depends on the thesis that "sport" is an "anthropological constant" which can be already found in ancient civilizations.
The using of the sources can be concedered a problem because they regards only a part of the society. In the text there are meny factual errors as well and meny themes are not taken in consideration.
Although the text achieves in many parts a high stylistic level, it has not parameters of a scientific book. However, with its spcific definition of "sport" it can contribute to the scientific debate.
