There is nothing to suggest academic exercise in attempts to define sport. A politics of sport which expects coherence presupposes such definition, and behind this definition stands a whole conception of man. What is sport? The question is well worth being asked, for it is thrust upon us.

Possessed of a long and honorable philosophical tradition of its own, Soviet Armenia provides an unequalled opportunity for examining the attempt to reconcile the new Soviet culture with long-standing cultural values. Unfortunately, a thorough examination of available sources provides no unambiguous conclusion. Some contemporary Armenian philosophers do manage to imbue their work with a definitely national stamp. On the other hand, Soviet Armenia — like other areas of the Soviet Union — has its share of centralists. However, what is most (...) interesting is that their existential situation has led them to fruitful pursuit of a philosophical elaboration of problems of culture. (shrink)

Professeur de philosophie à l'Université de Lille III, Bernard Jeu (1929-1991) était passionné de sport. Son intérêt n'était pas évènementiel. Ses recherches innovantes, particulièrement sur l'imagiaire, seront encore longtemps précieuses au mouvement sportif dont il était l'un de grands dirigeants. "Le sportif, le philosophe, le dirigeant: Bernard Jeu", reprend ses articles les pls significatfs.

Création collective, instinctive, continue, dynamique grandiose de l'imaginaire, le sport traverse avec assurance l'histoire des peuples et n'a pas été inventé, au cours des âges, sur décision des princes ou recommandation des philosophes. Il est vivant, populaire, spontané. Il est émotion. Il est passion. C'est par là d'ailleurs qu'il échappe. Les bonnes raisons ne le touchent qu'en surface...

The religious debates of the 1920's in the Soviet Union were marked by an agreement to disagree which no longer seems to exist.