How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

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by Franklin Foer


  soccer

  mento), 121–28, 131–34

  American anti-soccer lobby,

  Pellizzari, Tommaso, 187–89

  240–44

  philo-Semitism, 81–85

  author’s experience, 1–2,

  Portella, José Luis, 139–40

  235–36

  Protestant reformation, 36, 43–46.

  bigotry and (see Jewish soccer;

  See also Scottish sectarianism

  Scottish sectarianism;

  Ukrainian immigrant play-

  racism. See bigotry

  ers)

  Rangers Football Club. See Scot-

  corruption and (see Brazilian

  tish sectarianism

  top hats; Italian oligarchs)

  Raznatovic, Zeljko. See Arkan

  culture and (see American cul-

  (Zeljko Raznatovic)

  ture; Iranian Islamic culture;

  Real Madrid club, 2, 3, 5, 202–4,

  nationalism; Spanish bour-

  211–15

  geois nationalism)

  Red Star club, 7–8, 12, 15–17, 19,

  globalization and, 1–6 (see also

  22, 27, 29–30. See also Ser-

  globalization)

  bian violence; Ultra Bad Boys

  styles (see styles, soccer)

  fan club

  violence, 13–15 (see also English

  referees

  hooligans; Serbian violence)

  Italian, 167–71 (see also Italian

  Souness, Graeme, 38–39, 46–48

  oligarchs)

  Spanish bourgeois nationalism,

  Scottish, 50–51

  192–216

  religious bigotry. See Scottish sec-

  Barca fans and, 211–16

  tarianism; Serbian violence

  Catalonia, Joan Gamper, and,

  Reza Shah, 223–28

  199–201

  Romania, 204–5

  FC Barcelona (Barca) club,

  193–96

  Sconcerti, Mario, 182–84

  Franco regime and, 201–7

  Scottish sectarianism, 35–64

  illiberal nationalism vs.,

  Belfast and, 57–64

  198–99

  Glasgow Rangers-Celtic rivalry,

  nonviolence of, 196–98

  35–37, 48–52

  Hristo Stoichkov, 207–11

  Findlay bigotry and, 52–57

  Stoichkov, Hristo, 207–11 INDEX

  styles, soccer

  Ukrainian style vs. Nigerian

  Brazilian, 120

  style, 158–62

  Dutch, 81

  Ultra Bad Boys fan club, 7–15

  FC Barcelona, 196

  ultras, Italian, 182

  globalization and, 3

  United States. See American cul-

  Italian, 169, 181–82

  ture

  Ukrainian vs. Nigerian, 158–62,

  163–64

  Vasco da Gama club, 115–19,

  Yugoslavian, 12

  134–39

  Vienna. See Hakoah club

  Tehran. See Iranian Islamic cul-

  violence. See also English hooli-

  ture

  gans; Serbian violence

  Teixeira, Ricardo, 126, 132

  Barcelona nonviolence, 196–98

  Thatcher, Margaret, 13, 95

  European, 13–15

  Theresienstadt camp, 75–77

  Scottish, 36–37, 40–43

  top hats. See Brazilian top hats

  Tottenham club, 77–80, 109

  women, Iranian, 217–21

  tribalism. See nationalism

  World Cup, 119, 122, 123, 147, 219,

  Tudjman, Franjo, 15–16

  221, 230, 233, 240–41

  Ukrainian immigrant players,

  Yids (Yiddoes), 78–80

  141–66

  Yugoslavia, 12, 15, 18–19. See

  Edward Anyamkyegh, 141, 143,

  also Croatia; Serbian

  144–49, 152–53, 158–59,

  violence

  161–62

  yuppie culture, 235–38, 246–48

  coach Ivan Golac and, 162–64

  globalization and, 141–44

  Zanetti, Javier, 189–92

  Karpaty Lviv club and, 149–53

  Zionism. See Jewish soccer

  racism toward, 153–58, 165–66

  zurkhaneh, Iranian, 232 About the Author

  Franklin Foer is the editor of The New Republic.

  He is a contributing editor at New York magazine, and his writing has also appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic Monthly, Slate, Foreign Policy, and Spin. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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  PRAISE FOR

  How Soccer Explains the World

  “Absorbing. . . . Vividly reported. . . . Foer’s ample documentation of the thorough, and occasionally ludicrous, entanglement of sports, politics, and culture in the rest of the world is stunning.”

  — San Francisco Chronicle

  “A riveting analysis of soccer’s struggle to come to terms with the forces of free trade, multinational brands, and cultural imperialism. . . . When it comes to writing about the sport, Foer is world-class.”

  — Newsweek

  “An insightful, entertaining, brainiac sports road trip.”

  — Wall Street Journal

  “Mixing reporting, geopolitical analysis, and anthropol-ogy, Foer explains the inexorable power of fútbol. His far-flung adventure introduces us to fascinating characters.”

  — Sports Illustrated

  “Foer is an accomplished journalist. His sketches of historical background are deftly done. His skills as a narrator are enviable. His characterizations, many of them based on interviews, are comparable to those in Norman Mailer’s journalism.”

  — Boston Globe

  “The ironic title is certainly audacious, but this book does not disappoint. . . . Each chapter is a small journalistic masterpiece.”

  — Library Journal

  “Foer picks ten different stories, each of which is fascinating and teaches us something small but important. . . .

  Mr. Foer is a terrific storyteller, with sharp eyes and a charming, ironic tone.”

  — New York Sun

  “Sensational. . . . The smartest sports book of the summer.”

  —ESPN.com

  “Fascinating. . . . Foer scores a game-winning goal with this analysis of the interchange between soccer and the new global economy. . . . One doesn’t have to be a soccer fan to truly appreciate this absorbing book.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

  “Foer’s formidable prose only reinforces his central premise. So, soccer might not explain it all, but it can serve as a starting point for understanding shifts in global economies, politics, and religion, as we fall toward an ever-shrinking world.” — Portland Oregonian

  “Funny and terrifying. . . . Several chapters stand alone as surgical strikes of intelligent reporting. . . . Franklin Foer is that rare thing: a homegrown soccer pundit.”

  — Mother Jones

  “Franklin Foer has mapped, delightfully, the ways in which soccer’s emerging international brands and symbols clash with stubborn local tribalisms. . . . Artfully told. . . . Foer’s book is horrifying and terrific.”

  — Washington Monthly

  “An excellent book. . . . Wonderfully conceived. . . .

  Evenhanded and well reported, it’s written in a crisp and engaging style that will hook even readers who have no idea how the ‘beautiful game’ is played.”

  — Booklist

  “Lively and provocative. . . . A novel look at how the world is everywhere becoming more alike, and everywhere more different, as people seek to define t
hemselves through soccer. . . . Unfailingly interesting.”

  — Kirkus Reviews

  Credits

  Designed by Laura Lindgren

  Copyright

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  Document Outline

  Title Page

  Dedication Page

  Contents Prologue

  Chapter One: How Soccer Explains the Gangster’s Paradise

  Chapter Two: How Soccer Explains the Pornography of Sects

  Chapter Three: How Soccer Explains the Jewish Question

  Chapter Four: How Soccer Explains the Sentimental Hooligan

  Chapter Five: How Soccer Explains the Survival of the Top Hats

  Chapter Six: How Soccer Explains the Black Carpathians

  Chapter Seven: How Soccer Explains the New Oligarchs

  Chapter Eight: How Soccer Explains the Discreet Charm of Bourgeois Nationalism

  Chapter Nine: How Soccer Explains Islam’s Hope

  Chapter Ten: How Soccer Explains the American Culture Wars

  Note on Sources

  Acknowledgments

  Index

  About the Author

  Praise

  Credits

  Copyright Notice

  About the Publisher

 

 

 


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