Nourishment : a philosophy of the political body / Corine Pelluchon ; translated by Justin E. H. Smith, and revised by Francois Cambien and Corine Pelluchon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pelluchon, Corine, author.

Contributor:

Smith-Ruiu, Justin, translator.

Cambien, Francois, editor.

Pelluchon, Corine, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Moral and ethical aspects.

Food.

Food supply--Moral and ethical aspects.

Food supply.

Environmental ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, [2019]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book offers a profound exploration of the intersections between environmental ethics, philosophy, and the politics of human and non-human relationships. Authored by Corine Pelluchon and translated by Justin E. H. Smith, it delves into the phenomenology of nourishment, emphasizing the corporeal, ethical, and political dimensions of existence. The text critiques traditional dualisms such as nature versus culture and proposes a reimagined social contract that incorporates ecological and ethical concerns. It discusses topics like food ethics, justice, democracy, global civil society, and the moral status of animals, urging a shift from material consumption to a life enriched by ecological awareness. The intended audience includes scholars, philosophers, environmentalists, and individuals interested in ethical and political frameworks that integrate environmental considerations. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

The corporeality of the subject

A phenomenology of nourishment

Revising the existential analytic: Ontology and politics

Part One: A phenomenology of nourishment

Chapter 1: Living from

Enjoyment

The gourmet cogito

Taste

The tea ceremony

The terrestrial condition, the localization, and birth

Chapter 2: Space, milieu, and other existents

The geographicity of being, the ecumene and mediance

Dwelling, building, cultivating

Empathy, communication with animals, and sharing of the common world

Zoopolis and justice towards animals

Eating meat and the love of animals

Chapter 3: Eating disorders

Hunger as the starting point of ethics

A problem of justice, not of shortage: The capabilities approach

Food ethics and policy

The phenomenology of nourishment and agriculture

Anorexia, bulimia, and obesity: A painful orality

Part Two: To institute a common world

Chapter 4: A new social contract

Hobbes's artificialism, or the social contract as a response to violence

Locke's moderate liberalism: Autonomy without waste or expropriation

Rousseau's general will and the sense of obligation

Rawls's original position and the new social contract

The principles of justice as the sharing of nourishment

Chapter 5: Reconstructing democracy

Supplementing the representative system

The hypothesis of a third chamber, and the role of experts

From competitive democracy to deliberative democracy

The heterogeneity of the public sphere and participation

Culture and democracy: Intellectuals, media, and the schools

Chapter 6: Beyond national boundaries

In the shadow of the bomb

Globalization, sovereignty, and methodological cosmopolitanism

Cosmopolitical rights since Kant.

Global civil society and cosmopolitical democracy

Imaginary, utopia, and the heritage of the Enlightenment

Conclusion

The opening of the possible and conviviality

Love of life

A radical phenomenology of sensing and a political constructivism

Notes

Part One

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Part Two

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-350-07387-3

OCLC:

1076873330