Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In
Eating Anxiety, Chad Lavin steadfastly rejects what have come to be clichés about our modern relation to food and gives us new answers to old questions about what makes us anxious about food. His innovative analysis tacks back and forth between political philosophy and contemporary food treatises to show how ethical consumption is founded on untenable notions of the liberal, disembodied subject—ironically so. Taking swipes at obesity hysteria, food localism, and post-humanism alike, Lavin asks us to confront our anxieties—including those about our failing democracy—rather than to seek solace in individualist approaches to food system change." —Julie Guthman, author of
Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism"Ultimately, Lavin reveals how current philosophical and sociohistorical approaches to food help support neoliberal interests, suggesting the need to create alternatives to consumer actions as forms of resistance."—CHOICE
"Eating Anxiety offers a creative and useful contribution that will foster discussion and further inquiry for those interested in the politics of food."—Perspectives on Politics
Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Food Politics in the Twilight of Sovereignty
1. Diet and American Ideology
2. Eating Alone
3. The Digestive Turn in Political Thought
4. Responsibility and Disease in Obesity Politics
5. The Year of Eating Politically
6. The Meat We Don’t Eat
Conclusion: Democracy and Disgust
Notes
Index
