Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig (1778-1852)

Authors
Publication date 2016
Host editors
  • J. Stone
  • R.M. Dennis
  • P.S. Rizova
  • A.D. Smith
  • X. Hou
Book title The Wiley Blackwell encyclopedia of race, ethnicity and nationalism
ISBN
  • 9781405189781
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781118663202
Series Wiley Blackwell encyclopedias in social sciences
Volume | Issue number 3
Publisher Chichester: Wiley Blackwell
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies (ARTES)
Abstract The German national activist Friedrich Ludwig Jahn created modern gymnastics around 1810. He did so as part of a fervently anti‐French nationalism and saw athletic training as a physical regeneration program for the nation and a preparation for military discipline. Thus he stands at the origin of sporting gymnastics, physical education in schools, and the use of sports organizations for purposes of nationalist mobilization.
Document type Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Language English
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