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We Hate Humans
Book by Robins, David
- GenresNonfictionSociology
160 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2011
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June 1, 2018
You know, this really isn’t a football hooliganism book. It’s a sociological study of disaffected, working-class British youth in the late 70s and early 80s - some of whom cause trouble at football matches.
If you’re looking for an “Among The Thugs” companion, this isn’t it. It’s a rather erudite collection of essays and interviews around a common theme of messed-up, jobless and often racist youth, and how they got this way. The action on the pitch is entirely incidental and doesn’t even figure here, and even the action in the stands (fights, chants etc) only comprises about half the book. It’s fine - and it’s a good read that seems like an England from fifty years ago. Jeez, it almost is.
If you’re looking for an “Among The Thugs” companion, this isn’t it. It’s a rather erudite collection of essays and interviews around a common theme of messed-up, jobless and often racist youth, and how they got this way. The action on the pitch is entirely incidental and doesn’t even figure here, and even the action in the stands (fights, chants etc) only comprises about half the book. It’s fine - and it’s a good read that seems like an England from fifty years ago. Jeez, it almost is.
March 20, 2013
David Robinsin "We Hate Humans" on saanut nimensä Manchester Unitedin kannattajien laulusta, jota mylvittiin Old Traffordilla sen jälkeen kun brittilehdistö oli nimittänyt faneja "eläimiksi".
Alunperin 1980-luvulla ilmestynyt kirjanen käsittelee kyllä myös varsinaista huliganismiakin, mutta keskittyy enemmän ilmiön syihin. Englantilaisen nuorisokulttuurin ilmiöitä - modeja, skinheadeja - käsitellään myös.
Paikoitellen teos on hieman vanhentunut, mutta nuorisotyöttömyyden ja syrjäytymisen kaltaiset tekijät eivät ole poistuneet, vaan saavat aikaan väkivaltaiseen liikehdintää - jos eivät enää jalkapallokatsomoissa niin ainakin muualla.
Alunperin 1980-luvulla ilmestynyt kirjanen käsittelee kyllä myös varsinaista huliganismiakin, mutta keskittyy enemmän ilmiön syihin. Englantilaisen nuorisokulttuurin ilmiöitä - modeja, skinheadeja - käsitellään myös.
Paikoitellen teos on hieman vanhentunut, mutta nuorisotyöttömyyden ja syrjäytymisen kaltaiset tekijät eivät ole poistuneet, vaan saavat aikaan väkivaltaiseen liikehdintää - jos eivät enää jalkapallokatsomoissa niin ainakin muualla.
December 14, 2008
A book about Football Hooliganism in England and the societal/social issues that fostered an environment in which hooliganism was able to arise in England.
I did a paper in grad school about the Social History of Football Hooliganism, and this book was invaluable. Totally fascinating.
The title, by the way, comes from a chant that (ManU?) fans started up after being called animals by the press. (Or something like that.) At the next match, they started chanting "We hate humans!"
I did a paper in grad school about the Social History of Football Hooliganism, and this book was invaluable. Totally fascinating.
The title, by the way, comes from a chant that (ManU?) fans started up after being called animals by the press. (Or something like that.) At the next match, they started chanting "We hate humans!"
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