Nikolaos Patsantaras (2015) Cosmopolitanism: An alternative way of thinking in the contemporary Olympics, European Journal for Sport and Society, 12:2, 215-238, DOI: 10.1080/16138171.2015.11687963   ......................................ABSTRACT:      This contribution offers an alternative theoretical approach in examining the modern Olympics, using a cosmopolitan perspective. The vast literature and repeated discussions on cosmopolitanism are supplementary reactions to globalisation. The development of Olympic sport is closely linked to globalisation. A great number of controversial issues affecting the Olympics have already been analysed using globalisation concepts and theories that tend to ignore the potential cosmopolitan effects that the contemporary Olympics could have as a global phenomenon and as a common global culture. This paper endeavours to rethink the relationship between the Olympics and cosmopolitanism today, using a cosmopolitan lens. Keywords: Olympics, cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitanisation, environment, Olympic competition