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Sense and Sensibility at the World Cup
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Sense and Sensibility at the World Cup

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 / 26 June 2019

I've sworn, after learning about the latest kleptocrat billionaire to buy a club, or scrambling from the clash between hooligans and riot police, or hearing a homophobic chant rise up from the stands, I would give up on the game. Anyone with sense would.

Football in the Age of Late Capitalism: Field Notes From the 2016 Euro
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Football in the Age of Late Capitalism: Field Notes From the 2016 Euro

By
 / 25 January 2017
Behind a veneer of youthful glamour, the Euro all but groaned under the weight of excess global capital, merciless media scrutiny, hyperprofessionalization, domestic French anxieties, and geopolitics.