Umberto Eco i nogomet

The book "Umberto Eco and Football" by Peter Pericles Trifonas, published as part of the popular library "Science in a Pocket" by Jesenski and Turk Publishing, is a concise and accessible introduction to the semiotic analysis of one of the greatest phenomena of the modern era.

The author starts from Eco's insight that football is much more than an ordinary sport - it is a complex system of signs that encodes human experience and gives it meaning. Trifonas explains how Eco, as the "Sherlock Holmes of semiotics", blurs the line between high theory and popular culture, analyzing "sports chatter" and the obsession with sports stars. Through the lens of media criticism, the booklet shows how the football spectacle is transformed into a contemporary form of social anesthesia, where the media apparatus controls the viewer's observational experience and diverts attention from important social issues.

Ideal for students, media theorists and curious readers, this pocket guide in just 80 pages offers key terms, a glossary and a clear theoretical framework that turns everyday match watching into an exciting reading of cultural signs.