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Beyond Soccer: International Relations and
Politics as Seen through the Beautiful Game (Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming, 2016/2017).
Book description:
Soccer provides us with
a space to put into practice what the Mexican philosopher Mauricio Beuchot
calls analogical hermeneutics. That is,
soccer allows us to learn through analogy about politics, political science
concepts, international relations (IR) theories, and the world around us. Beyond Soccer embraces the value of
theoretical diversity in IR. It uses soccer in order to examine various IR
theories or approaches, without privileging any one in particular.
Beyond Soccer consists of 11 chapters devoted to the relationship
between soccer, politics, and IR. Furthermore, this textbook is unique because
it uses soccer players, officials, fans, or individuals connected to the game
in order to teach political science concepts (e.g., discourses, geopolitics,
ideology, sovereignty and the state of exception, and populism, democracy, and
quasi-authoritarianism) and IR theories (including realism, postcolonialism,
feminism, constructivism, and critical theory/emancipatory international
relations).
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