Beyond the Final Whistle (eBook)

Football for a Better World

Vasilis Kostakis (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
153 Seiten
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-5074-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A profound reminder that football is far more than a sport; its a canvas for building a fairer and more compassionate world Kelly Davies, former Wales international football playerTremendous ... an incitement to take back the game, and begin to make it beautiful again Martin Parker, Professor, Bristol UniversityBeyond the Final Whistle explores a new philosophy of football, showing how sport could lead to social change instead of propping up a hyper-consumerist society.Vasilis Kostakis tackles the meaning of the beautiful game, exploring how it is produced and played. From the dribbles of a young Zapatista, to the many goals of Messi, he imagines what football would look like in a post-capitalist world.How does football affect global inequality and the climate crisis? How does it teach our children empathy? What makes the game so captivating to billions of people, and how can this passion be used for liberation? With humour and insight, Beyond the Final Whistle is a love letter to football and revolution.Vasilis Kostakis is a Professor at TalTechs Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance in Estonia. He is also a Faculty Associate at Harvard Universitys Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.4.2025
• Zusatzinfo: 4 figures
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: alternative economic models • books about football and politics • books for football fans • Camus • Can football change the world • capitalism and sport • Chicago Bulls • Corinthians • Corinthians Democracy • Cosmolocalism • Cultural Studies • dostoevsky • Ecosocialism • England Lionesses • Football • Football and Capitalism • football and climate crisis • football and cooperation • football and degrowth • Football and Marxism • football and philosophy • Football and politics • Football and Revolution • football and social justice • football books • Football philosophy • Grassroots Social Movements • history of football • history of soccer • left theory of sports • Marxism • Messi • Nietzsche • paulo freire and football • Philosophy • post-capitalism • post-capitalist football • post-capitalist sports • present for football fan • Radical Football • Soccer • soccer and politics • Soccer Books • Socrates • sport and social change • sport philosophy • Sport Psychology • sport sociology • the commons • the last dance • the philosophy of football • Ursula Le Guin • What We Think About When We Think • Zapatistas
• ISBN-10: 0-7453-5074-7 / 0745350747
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7453-5074-5 / 9780745350745