Coubertin’s humanism facing post-humanism – implications for the future of the Olympic GamesFootnote^*

^*This text draws on a presentation prepared for the conference De l’Administration à la gouvernance olympique: défies pour notre siècle. Lausanne, 25–26 June 2015.

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