Meals matter : a radical economics through gastronomy
In Gastronomics, Michael Symons provides an innovative history of the intersection of food history, philosophy and economics. Modern economic thought, Symons argues, is driven by a money-centric focus that benefits the interests of the 'corporate individual'-entities without finite appetit...
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| Formato: | Livre numérique |
| Lenguaje: | Anglais |
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New York :
Columbia University Press
2020.
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université Orléans et IFPM |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Meals matter, a radical economics through gastronomy, Michael Symons, 2020, New York, Columbia University Press, 1 vol. (XX-352 p.), Arts and traditions of the table, 978-0-231-19602-4 |
| Sumario: | In Gastronomics, Michael Symons provides an innovative history of the intersection of food history, philosophy and economics. Modern economic thought, Symons argues, is driven by a money-centric focus that benefits the interests of the 'corporate individual'-entities without finite appetites, motivated by an endless quest for financial growth-to the detriment of actual, corporeal individuals. Symons understands this shift as a modern devaluation of community and loss of a way of life that values food sharing, enjoyment and satiety. Covering a wide variety of thinkers-Jean Brillat-Savarin and Epicurus, Enlightenment philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, economic theorists Jean-Baptiste Say and Stanley Jevons, and neoliberals-Symons reads and critiques both popular and lesser-understood intellectuals to shed light into the 'economics of appetite' and the opposing 'economics of greed.' He calls for individuals to reject the self-interest of money pleasure and, through renewed attention to communal values of family, meal-sharing, food activism, and the defense of liberalism, advocates a return to a community-based philosophy of 'table pleasure.' |
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| Bibliografía: | Bibliogr. p. [321]-338. Glossaire. Index |
| ISBN: | 9780231551601 |
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