Footballitics
A tour around the world through the stories of the most politically peculiar football clubs
by Ramon Usall
Description
Can a football match trigger a war? Can football serve the cause of democracy against a dictatorship and vice versa? Footballitics shows us that there is no relevant contemporary historical episode that is not reflected in the trajectory of some football club. Through its stories it is possible to relive most of the events that have marked the last century: anti-colonial rebellions and the class struggle, Nazism and communism, national conflicts and the fight against dictatorships…
Footballitics is full of anecdotes and facts which, with the dizzying pace of the greatest matches, tell us the story of these extraordinary political actors that are football clubs and invite us to reflect on their often crucial role as symbols of ideologies, ethnic groups, oppressed communities or rebellious minorities.
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Endorsements
«To paraphrase Albert Camus, who said that he owed everything he learned about morals and life to football, we can say that the recent history of the world, which after all also tells us about morals and life, can be learned by looking at the role of football and its clubs».
Author Biography
Ramon Usall (1977) has a degree in Sociology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a PhD in History from the Universitat de Lleida. He currently teaches Social Sciences. Besides his teaching activity, he regularly writes in different media on the relationship between sport, history, society and politics. On this subject, he has also published the book Futbol per la llibertat, awarned with the Josep Vallverdú Essay Prize.
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- Publisher Altamarea
- Publication Date October 2021
- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9788418481161
- Publication Country or regionSpain
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 19.90 EUR
- Pages320
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleFutbolítica
- Copyright Year2021
- Dimensions20.5x13.5 cm
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