SPORT 1913 - 2013

Edelman on political symbolism, has been en- couraged early in the 1990s by Alvesson’s and Berg’s (1992) research on corporate culture and its organizational symbolism. Alvesson and Berg (1992) emphasized a field of research and a global domain of meanings and cultural customs (see table 3) virtually very helpful in deepening a qualitative analysis of the sports movements (See Table 3, page 79) . Conclusions According to the theoretical models collected in this article, CSIT’s history and its organi- zational developments represent an exem-

plary case study for an approach inspired by the method of ‘sociology in action’ (Hachen 2001). In my opinion, it does not only regard the organizational theories or sociology of sport itself. On the contrary, we are dealing with a social and cultural experience con- cerning and challenging sociology in general and its representation of the transition to- wards late modernity. As the main and privi- leged interpreter of WSM along two crucial centuries, the CSIT expresses an original as- pect of the working class’s search for identity. Bodily culture, progressive representation of leisure, physical activities as an instrument

and a strategy for social inclusion, sport as a new right for citizens claiming to be inserted in a new Welfare agenda: these are the legacy of the ‘old’ WSM showing at the same time its renewed mission in the age of globalization and ‘liquid modernity’. This is also the rea- son why CSIT’s experience constitutes a mir- ror of social change and an intriguing labora- tory for postmodern sport (see Eichberg’s bodily democracy, 2010) and for new social relationships inspired by the culture of soli- darity.

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