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How Football Explains The World (Paperback)
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How Football Explains The World (Paperback)
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What in the world has the power to liberate women in Iran while
provoking antagonism between Catholics and Protestants in Scotland,
to lure Nigerians to the cold of the Ukraine while heating up class
warfare in the US heartlands, and both profit local gangsters and
create local - and international - celebrities? Foer presents an
unexpected, uniquely revealing tour of the politics and culture of
football from Milan to Tehran. He examines the game's role in
sustaining ancient hatreds and rivalries (Serbia's Red Star and
Croatia's Dinamo); in supporting the migration of players and the
rise of the football oligarchs (such as Silvio Berlusconi,
President of AC Milan - and of Italy); and in defending the virtues
and vices of old-fashioned nationalism. As Foer brilliantly
illuminates, the Balkan War, anti-Semitism, Jewish identity,
racism, social integration, media manipulation, and American
patriotism have all been influenced by, as well as have had a
dramatic effect on, football. On his travels, Foer encounters a
collection of fans that is stranger than fiction: from a British
hooligan with a Jewish mother, a Nazi father and a career as a
soldier of fortune, to a fan club in Serbia that turns into a
brutal anti-Muslim paramilitary unit. The result is an
unforgettable parade of uniquely memorable fans - each set into his
- or her - unique political and cultural context.
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