The Food Movement, Culture, and Religion: A Tale of Pigs, Christians, Jews, and Politics

Author:   Jonathan Schorsch
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
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9783319890968


Pages:   121
Publication Date:   04 June 2019
Format:   Paperback
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The Food Movement, Culture, and Religion: A Tale of Pigs, Christians, Jews, and Politics


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This book explores the cultural and religious politics of the contemporary food movement, starting from the example of Jewish foodies, their zeal for pig (forbidden by Jewish law), and their talk about why ignoring traditional precepts around food is desirable.  Focusing on the work of Michael Pollan, Jonathan Schorsch questions the modernist, materialist, and rationalist worldview of many foodies and discusses their lack of attention to culture, tradition, and religion.  

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Author:   Jonathan Schorsch
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783319890968


ISBN 10:   3319890964
Pages:   121
Publication Date:   04 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Jews, Christians and Pigs: A Brief History.- 3. Jewish Foodies on Judaism.- 4. Pollan on Culture and Religion.- 5. Cosmological Cultures as Forms of Resistance.- 6. Back to Those Pesky Dietary Laws.- 7. Omnivory as a Universal Ideal.- 8. When Eco-Kosher Pigs Fly.- 9. Bibliography.

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This book is a vital contribution to a growing body of critical literature that seeks to create space within the food movement for diverse voices and perspectives. ... The Food Movement, Culture, and Religion offers a clear path for altering the food movement to be more inclusive of Jewish and all cultural foodways. (Adrienne Krone, Reading Religion, readingreligion.org, September, 2018)


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Jonathan Schorsch is Professor of Jewish Religious and Intellectual History at the Universität Potsdam and founder of the Jewish Activism Summer School, Germany.

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