Tag: football
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The 2022 World Cup and LGBTQ rights
The 2022 football world cup in Qatar has caused controversy because Qatar does not recognise same sex marriage or civil partnerships whereas European nation states tend to do so. To my mind this year’s world cup has been overshadowed by politics and it’s shone a light on how little global consensus there is over the…
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Dear England…. Football and the Collective Consciousness
Gareth Southgate used the sociological term ‘collective consciousness’ in his pre-Euro tournament letter to the nation, referring to the fact that he reminds the England team that they are creating collective memories and representing the entire nation every time they play a match. And now that England have reached the final, whether or not ‘we’…
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A few sociological observations on England’s progress through the World Cup…
Sociological analysis of the World Cup as a media-construction and a bizarrely inclusive kind of nationalism…
