Introduction: Eurocentric Lens Removed: Wilsonian Impetus |
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| Authors: | JA Mangan |
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| Institution: | 1. Emeritus Professor, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UKprofmangan@gmail.com |
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| Abstract: | The rise of the West to a position of dominance is one of the most important developments in world history in recent centuries. All writing about the world in recent times has to take into account the rise of the West. However, from its zenith at the beginning of the twentieth century, Europe's hold over Asia was dramatically weakened. The twenty-first century is increasingly ‘The Asian Century’. It is time to remove the Eurocentric lens through which much of recent world history has been viewed. The removal of this lens is the purpose of London 2012. Will a new Wilsonian Moment now occur? Will the ambitious vision of Woodrow Wilson be realised at last in sport if not politics? Will the world experience a Neo-Wilsonian Moment in sport with the nations of the East celebrating the full fruits of full national equality, recognition and acceptance in a long delayed post-1919 harvest earned in recent global sports mega-events? Will future Olympic Games fully embrace the histories, values and traditions of both West and East? Will the Eurocentric lens remain in place? |
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| Keywords: | Eurocentric lens rise of the West ‘The Asian Century’ Neo-Wilsonian Moment |
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