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Intolerance and joy, violence and love among male football fans: towards a psychosocial explanation of ‘excessive’ behaviours

Andy Harvey, Agnieszka Piotrowska, Andrew Harvey Orcid Logo

Sport in Society, Volume: 16, Issue: 10, Pages: 1404 - 1413

Swansea University Author: Andrew Harvey Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/17430437.2013.821253

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This paper examines the phenomena of intolerance and violence among male football fans through psychoanalytic theory as read through the sociology of postmodern group life. We think of intolerance and violence as points on a shared spectrum of emotion and (unconscious) desire that incorporates other...

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ISSN: 1743-0437 1743-0445
Published: 2013
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