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Merleau-Ponty, the Body and Football

Alasdair Sim posted an article on - Dec 19, 2010, 7:28 pm
French Existentialist Philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty put forward his theory on being and our bodies in Phénoménologie de la Perception (1945). Can this be related to football, and if it can, how? An argument exists that the reason for the global appeal of football (soccer) is its simplicity. In...
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William S Burroughs: A Man Within

Alasdair Sim posted an article on - Dec 16, 2010, 6:38 am
Being a massive fan of the work from the ‘Beat Generation’ – Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs et al – I was pleasantly surprised to find that a new documentary movie on William S Burroughs is making its way around the independent film circuit. After one look at this planet any visitor from outer...
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Matthias Sindelar: Football's Mozart

Alasdair Sim posted an article on - Dec 14, 2010, 6:08 pm
Find below an article I wrote – about a year ago now – on the great, but often forgotton Austrian footballer, Matthias Sindelar. Matthias Sindelar Sindelar article en ‘Der Papierene’ was named Austrian Sportsman of the century in 1999 and 22nd best player ever in the world by the Internation...
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