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...into this complex, often darkly funny nexus of soccer's traditional role as metaphor for national and ethnic warfare and the forces of globalization that are changing the face of the game that New Republic writer Franklin Foer steps in his new book, "How Soccer Explains the World". It's a compelling and ambitious project that seeks to chart the impact of the crashing waves of globalization on the traditional tribal barriers that have long defined the culture of soccer, at least among fans if not on the field. And as an American, Foer must be further commended for venturing...
...Foer takes his readers onto the Glasgow terraces for an engaging first-hand account of the sectarian rivalry, a theme he echoes in his discussions with an organized group of hooligan supporters of Red Star Belgrade whose fan base were the shock troops of Slobodan Milosevic's "ethnic cleansing" campaign, and were later organized into militias...
...while Foer offers great reporting on sectarian fans and the experience of African players in Eastern Europe, he doesn't necessarily deliver much by way of analysis of his chosen topic of the impact of globalization on the game and its fans...
...lectures, which kicked off this fall with readings by such rising literary stars as Jonathan Safran Foer and David Eggers, were “a one-time opportunity,” according to Chair of the English department Lawrence Buell...
...involving Israeli complicity in 9/11 and in the Anthrax attack, his response was “I don’t know there’s enough exterior evidence to determine whether they are true or not.” (The New Republic Online 4/8/02). According to Franklin Foer, “Cockburn is the only prominent western journalist to give these slanderous stories any credence.” (Ibid). Columnist Jon Margolis, after exposing several false charges made by Cockburn, asserted that “Cockburn has been abusing reality for decades” and that...