Abstract
The First World War (FWW) was a turning point in the contemporary era. Its social impact led to the penetration by ideological forces into physical education and sport; and the publicity-related discourse of these forces were marshaled to capitalize on the productive capacity of adolescents and young adults. The current study focuses on analyzing —through the texts of the period—in what manner the events of the FWW influenced sport in Spain, socially and institutionally. The exploration of original texts from the period in question and a critical discourse analysis provides a chronological narrative of events. The study concludes that the impact of the FWW was decisive in enabling sport to appropriate the values of patriotic excitation provoked not by fears of the war itself, but rather by underlying fears of an expanding industrial context that might find itself compromised by the revolutionary conflicts of the workers’ movement.
Highlights
La Primera Guerra Mundial (PGM) fue un punto de inflexión en la época contemporánea
Its social impact led to the penetration by ideological forces into physical education and sport; and the publicity-related discourse of these forces were marshaled to capitalize on the productive capacity of adolescents and young adults
The current study focuses on analyzing —through the texts of the period—in what manner the events of the First World War (FWW) influenced sport in Spain, socially and institutionally
Summary
La Primera Guerra Mundial (PGM) fue un punto de inflexión en la época contemporánea. Su impacto social conllevó en la educación física y el deporte la penetra ción de poderes ideológicos, cuyos discursos publicitarios fueron utilizados para capitalizar las fuerzas productivas de la juventud. El objeto de estudio se centra en analizar en los textos de la época, el modo en que los acontecimientos de la PGM influyeron social e institucionalmente en el deporte en España. El estudio concluye que el impacto de la PGM fue decisivo para que el deporte se apropiara de valores de excitación patriótica provocados, no por los temores a la guerra, sino por los temores subyacentes de una coyuntura industrial en expansión que podía verse perjudicada por los conflictos revolucionarios del movimiento obrero
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