How Soccer Explains the World

Franklin Foer the author of How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization is an important contributor of the small topic of the how soccer is related to the world. Foer from the New Republic who writes from time to time in the well known newspaper of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal had traveled around the world especially the continent of Europe, Asia, North and South America. Going from the topic of why the Islam religion, Islamic law, and religious paramilitary militia prohibits the passionate, die-hard Islamic women fans; from attending and/or watching soccer games and then partying hard like the men after the game if their country or favorite club wins. To the topic of how America relates to soccer when the middle class accepted this sport because of the little violence that they thought the sport contained and to how some Americans support writers such as Tom Weir from USA Today’s “that hating soccer is more American than apple pie, driving a pickup, or spending Saturday afternoons channel surfing with the remote control” (Foer 240). The majority of Americans that support this quote are the lower class, liberals, majority of sports reporters, and narrow minded Americans. These topics and/or chapters really show how soccer is creating more globalization around the world especially with Islamic women getting rid of their traditions and trying new things such as showing their passion for soccer. In addition, America is trying to pass its apple pie and watching American Football on a Sunday to watching beautiful game of soccer. How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization is really divided into three groups; the first being the rivalries between clubs and human beings, sec...

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...Pele would say, it will be a hard book. The font and double spacing makes it a quick read of only 248 pages which is very convenient if one wants to read it in two weeks tops. The organization of the book was different because it did not go from chapter to chapter like a novel. It was a book of mini stories. The pros of this are that it covers many topics while the cons are that it does not go into great depth. It was a little choppy because some of the chapters should have been before others but overall the chapters were placed very well on where they belonged. But the organization of this book makes it easy to read. I would suggest How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization as a leisure book for anyone who wanted it for the globalization theory mainly. Other than that, anyone one who loves or is interested in soccer should read this book.