Insurgent Fandom

Insurgent Fandom offers a behind-the-scenes look at a transnational subculture known to few--ultra. Embracing a politic of dissent at the heart of crowd action, Insurgent Fandom highlights soccer stadia as a breeding ground for alternative social and political possibilities.

Max Jack is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development at the Center for the History of Emotions in Berlin. He has conducted field research in Ireland and Germany on hardcore football fans and their cultivation of atmosphere through coordinated crowd action. His ongoing research projects focus on the affects of radical social movements and the politics of scene-making in public spaces.

- Preface - Introduction - 1. Salvaging Fandom - 2. Living with Ghosts - 3. Becoming Ultra - 4. Alienation and Dissent - 5. Imagining Democracy - 6. Affective Governance - 7. Until the Last Breath - Index - Bibliography