Jane Austen was undoubtedly right when she wrote in one of her most-loved books Pride and Prejudice : “Angry people are not always wise.” Anger and the set of emotions and behaviours that accompany it, cause it or occur as a result of it, are not usually explainable with rationality. While they’re certainly not excusable, they do provide insight into human behaviour and help us answer the big questions of why and how we behave the way we do . In July, English football fans made headlines in news reports worldwide for their hooliganism and other acts of violence after the English national team lost the final match against Italy in the Euro Cup 2020. Their aggression was well-documented across news channels and social media but since it is not particularly ‘news’, these behaviours have also been the subject of many social and behavioural psychologists’ curiosity and research for many years prior. All of these acts collectively have a term of their own - Soccer hooliganism. Eng...
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