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Grant Farred examines the careers of international soccer stars Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, along with his own experience playing for an amateur township team in apartheid South Africa, to theorize the relationship between sports and the intertwined experiences of relation, separation, and belonging.

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"[Farred] draws examples from the world of sport to examine the state of being in relation, most notably international soccer superstars Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, considering their relations to fans, teammates, and coaches. He also reflexively draws on his own sporting experiences in the US and South Africa, considering his relations to fans as experienced throughout his life. The result is a comprehensive philosophical meditation on sport, showing how this can be applied to more fully understand how a self is constituted and reconstituted in relation to others." -- J. R. Mitrano * Choice *

Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xxv
Introduction. Entre-Nous: Between the World and Me 1
1. A Condemned Man: Between the Nation and the Autonomista 29
Interlude. "Nog Lansur!" 97
2. The Shame of Loving the Condemned: The Philosophy of Óscar Washington Tabárez 163
Postscript 219
Notes 225
Bibliography 251
Index 253

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      Publisher Duke University Press
      Published 28 June 2019
      ISBN-13 9781478004707
      978-1478004707
      ISBN-10 1478004703
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      Association football (Soccer)

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Grant Farred examines the careers of international soccer stars Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, along with his own experience playing for an amateur township team in apartheid South Africa, to theorize the relationship between sports and the intertwined experiences of relation, separation, and belonging.

      Trade Review
      "[Farred] draws examples from the world of sport to examine the state of being in relation, most notably international soccer superstars Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, considering their relations to fans, teammates, and coaches. He also reflexively draws on his own sporting experiences in the US and South Africa, considering his relations to fans as experienced throughout his life. The result is a comprehensive philosophical meditation on sport, showing how this can be applied to more fully understand how a self is constituted and reconstituted in relation to others." -- J. R. Mitrano * Choice *

      Table of Contents
      Preface ix
      Acknowledgments xxv
      Introduction. Entre-Nous: Between the World and Me 1
      1. A Condemned Man: Between the Nation and the Autonomista 29
      Interlude. "Nog Lansur!" 97
      2. The Shame of Loving the Condemned: The Philosophy of Óscar Washington Tabárez 163
      Postscript 219
      Notes 225
      Bibliography 251
      Index 253

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