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improvedstepbystep,thankstothefriendlycriticismofmyinternationalfellow-
lecturers,suchasProfessorsNorbertMüller,thelateLiselotteDiemandJohn
Powell,andalsothankstothereactionsofstudents,beforetheygainedtheirfinal
formandwereacceptedbypeer-reviewedinternationalacademicjournalsde-
votedtosporthistoryandculture,andintheirfinalshapeastheyappearinthis
book.Teseare:FromFilotimitoFairPlayandSportsmanship:SomeRemarks
ontheHistoryofSportsEthicsandFromProfoundReligiousExpressiontoSecular
Ritual.ElementsofotherlecturesdeliveredattheIOAarerepresentedherefrag-
mentarily,indispersedandimprovedformindiferentchapters.
SpecialthanksareextendedtoRoutledgeoftheTaylorandFrancisGroup,
aprestigiouspublisherofqualityacademicbooksandperiodicals,forallow-
ingmetorepublishtwoofmyearlierpapers:StillanunknownEuropeanTra-
dition:PolishSportintheEuropeanCulturalHeritagefromuTeInternational
JournaloftheHistoryofSport,”vol.13,August1996number2,pp.1-41;Sport
intheSlavicWorldbeforeCommunism:CulturaltraditionsandNationalFunc-
tionsfromuTeEuropeanSportsHistoryReview,”vol.1,SportinEurope.Poli-
tics,Class,Gender,1999.TetwoabovepaperswereencouragedbyJ.A.Man-
gan,editor-in-chiefofbothjournals.Iamalsogratefulforspecialpermissionto
substantiallyextend,improveandupdatebothpapersduetothefactthatsome
yearshavepassedsincetheiroriginalpublications.Tankstothis,theynowap-
pearintheirnewanduptodateform.
TeEditorofuStadion.ZeitschriffürGeschichtedesSport”
,andAkademia
VerlaginSanktAugustinpermittedmetousethepaperFromProfoundReligious
ExpressiontoSecularRitual,printedinuStadion”2010,vol.35,pp.67-86.Iex-
pressspecialthankstoProfessorManfredLämmerforhisencouragementin
improvingthispaper,originallybasedonmylectureattheIOA,thoughslightly
changedforpublicationinhisjournal.Hisfriendlybutthorough-goingcriticism
allowedmetodeveloptheoriginaltextintoamuchbetteracademicpublication.
TePolishOlympicCommitteeanditsFairPlayCluballowedmetousemy
extensiveworkonthehistoryofsportsethicstitledFromFilotimitoFairPlay
andSportsmanship:SomeRemarksontheHistoryofSportsEthics,publishedin
thecollectivebookFairPlayandOlympism.OpportunityofUtopia,editedby
ZofiaŻukowskaandRyszardŻukowski,Warsaw2010,pp.14-31.Itwasthanks
tothepatientendeavoursofProfessorŻukowska,longtimesupporteroftheFair
PlayMovementintheinternationalandPolisharenas(shediedin2013)andalso
herhusbandRyszard,thatIdecidedtoworkonmyloosetextbasedonalecture
deliveredattheIOAin2001,andfinallyrearrangeittothelevelthat,aferpeer-
reviewing,itcouldbepublishedandrepeatedtwiceatthepost-graduateseminar
oftheInternationalOlympicAcademyinAncientOlympia,Greece(2013and
2014).
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