Sąlygos olimpiniam žmogui sukurti: idealistinės ir kritinės mintys prieš 2012 metų olimpines žaidynes Londone

Abstract

Pasikliaudamas principais, kurie yra išdėstyti P. de Kuberteno (P. de Coubertin) tekstuose (24 knygos, 50 brošiūrų, 1150 straipsnių), ir skirdamas daugiausia dėmesio H. Lenko (Hans Lenk), N. Nissiočio (Nocolaos Nissiotis) ir O. Grupės (Ommo Grupe) tyrimams, autorius stengiasi apibūdinti išskirtinius bruožus, kuriuos turėtų turėti XXI amžiaus „olimpiniai žmonės“. [...] Relying on the principles represented in Coubertin texts (24 books, 50 brochures, and 1150 articles) and paying the most attention on H. Lenk, N. Nissiotis, and O. Grupe researches, the author tries to characterize the main features that XXI century “Olympic humans” have to develop. The author names the requirements to be followed aiming to stay faithful to Olympic ideals that agreeably go with Coubertin’s philosophy: 1) individual experience in sport, 2) balanced and whole-sided education of an individual; 3) the idea of human perfection through the best result not only in sports arena but also in science and art areas (for example, London Olympic art festival with 1200 events; more and more science congresses and seminars related to Olympic Games); 4) social connections and understanding of (a) voluntary respect for ethic principles (fair play, Olympic solidarity, assistance in pursuing perfection) and (b) peace and understanding among nations (to begin with “peace in Olympic Games” (UN declaration) and to move towards peace among nations on the World level (the grand vision)); 5) individual athlete’s freedom and independence; 6) being involved in “sports elite” as well as being a role model for future athletes; 7) emancipation in sport and in other life areas through sport, equal treatment on the grounds of gender, environment protection, cherishing sport traditions, etc. The author forms the conclusion that Olympic Movement, still based on Coubertin’s philosophy, has to remain in solidarity with humanitarian, philosophical, and educational conceptions of Olympic ideal. This ideal has to remain free without sacrificing it to commerce, almighty mass communication, and politics. And this is the supreme mission for national Olympic academies – to arrange discussions and keep highlighting Olympic ideals.