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| How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization | 
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Sales Rank: 9788
Category: Book
Author: Franklin Foer
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Studio: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Label: Harper Perennial
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0060731427
Dewey Decimal Number: 327.1
EAN: 9780060731427
ASIN: 0060731427
Publication Date: July 1, 2005
Release Date: July 5, 2005
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 Please stay out of the field...!!! September 23, 2006
2 out of 26 found this review helpful
This book is a bigotry masqueraded behind the veil of a "scholarly work." Every rule of rigorous work has been violated in this piece of work building on the darkest but forever smallest side of "soccer." Wasting this great opportunity to reveal the multi-dimensional power of the game the author invests his bitterness against the sport page-after-page. A sweet revenge for "soccer" rejecting him in his early age? Well... my advise to the author... keep on running away from the ball sir... and please stay away from it!!! You are RUINING THE GAME!!!
 Insightful September 12, 2006
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a very insightful book. I have been a big soccer fan all my life and went to hundreds of games when I still lived in Europe, but this book contains many facts I had never heard of. Some chapters are better and more fascinating than others and the link of soccer to globalization seems to be artificial at times. I found the thoughts on soccer in the U.S. (last chapter) especially interesting.
Definitely a great book about soccer and in many ways beyond that. Very enjoyable.
A Very Interesting, Intelligent and Provocative Book September 2, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have to confess that even when I am a huge soccer fan the metaphor laid by the author in this thought-provoking book never occurred to me. His idea of examining soccer's role in various cultures as a means of examining the reach of globalization is simple brilliant. No other activity in the world has the penetration power that a soccer game has proven to have every time a world cup is played, and if you go to a lower level, even local matches will bring together people of different social, economic, political, and racial composition, that other wise would have never come together to share a single passion.
Franklin Foer's prose and narrative irradiates a contagious energy similar to the game's fans energy. Sometimes the passion generated by the game on fans around the world probably can only be compare to religious fervor of a truly believer.
The book is full of animated reporting, strong characters and insightful analysis. If you are a soccer enthusiast you will absolutely love this book, but even if you don't understand the first thing about this game, the book will offer an entertaining reading material that will probably bring you closer to game and could help you understand your friends' and neighbors' passion around the world.
 The Title Is The Gestalt August 31, 2006
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The title is the gestalt of the book, not the content. From intellectual peak to speculative peak in each article Foer connects the dots to globalization. It is very good sports journalism. But, I still don't get why football breeds violence?
Brilliant!! August 25, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is brilliant. It is fascinating to see how intertwined local and international government is to the world's most popular, corrupt, and exciting game. A must for any american who is just starting to watch soccer, Futbol, because it explains why people all around the world not only watch the sport but live it.
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