Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Saving the nation – Soccer and national identity
Chapter 2: “Believe, obey, and fight” – Soccer and dictators
Chapter 3: Winning hearts and minds – Soccer, ideological hegemony,
and “class warfare”
Chapter 4: “One ball can change the world” - Soccer and social
change
Chapter 5: Gods and their shrines - Soccer as a pagan religion
Chapter 6: Playing fair - Soccer and ethics
Chapter 7: The business of business – Soccer, business, and
marketing
Chapter 8: Leading by example - Soccer as a leadership
opportunity
Chapter 9: Dreaming of Wembley or Anfield – Soccer, dreams, and
childhood
Chapter 10: Immortal heroes? – Soccer and the meaning of life
Chapter 11: Soccer and fine arts – The pitch as canvas and player
as artist
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
About the Author
Tamir Bar-On is professor in the Department of International Relations and Humanities at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Querétaro, in Mexico. He is the author of Where Have All the Fascists Gone? (2007) and Rethinking the French New Right: Alternatives to modernity (2013).
The way in which the actor develops each of the eleven lessons is
completely fascinating, since he manages to create a perfect
relation between the topic, the chosen football player and the
arguments provided. For all football lovers, The World Through
Soccer offers a bunch of stories that intertwine with this sport,
be it directly (players, clubs and national teams) or indirectly
(political, social, economic, cultural, national and international
contexts). For those who don’t love this sport, this book
represents an interesting opportunity for seeing the world through
a different lens. This is how, in every different chapter, we fill
ourselves with new knowledge. Even if books linking football and
politics had been written before, none of them offer as many
approaches or analysis as Bar-on’s last work does. The World
Through Soccer has the potential for becoming an obliged reference
in football bibliography. An exquisite, entertaining and fantastic
book!
*Retos Internacionales*
Bar-On has produced a meticulously researched and cited book that
offers a tangible starting point for instructors and scholars to
incorporate elements of sport more broadly into teaching and
writing cultural histories. The author structured the book in a way
that each chapter was framed both as its own concept and in its
individual context, but also positioned each as an integral part of
a team. The book at once was clever, entertaining to read, and
informative. Through his writing Bar-On had demonstrated both his
passion and his knowledge about soccer as well as its influence
upon the panoply of sociocultural forces.
*Sport in American History*
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