How Soccer Explains the World (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Franklin Foer
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Current affairs
- Time of Work: 1990-2004
- Setting: Yugoslavia, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Ukraine, Iran, and the United States
- Principal Characters: Arkan, Alan Garrison, Pelé, Silvio Berlusconi
- Genres: Nonfiction, Current affairs, Sociology, Sports writing
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Twenty-first century, Ethnic groups, Nationalism, Sports, Geopolitics, Soccer
- Locales: United States, Spain, Brazil, Italy, Great Britain, Yugoslavia, Iran
Globalization means different things to different people. To those who favor it, it represents fewer reasons for armed conflicts, more opportunities for escaping the confines of tradition and narrow-mindedness, a higher standard of living, and more access to the good things of life; in short, capitalism and democracy. To those who mistrust it or hate it, it means the submersion of national sovereignty, the extinction of regional cultures, the enrichment of multinational corporations and the bankruptcy of corner stores, the undermining of religion, and the corruption of morality; in...
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