{"product_id":"meals-matter-9780231196024","title":"Meals Matter","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMeals Matter\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Symons returns economics to its roots in the distribution of food and the labor required. Setting the table with vivid descriptions of conviviality, he offers a gastronomic rebuttal to the narrow worldview of mainstream economics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Symons succeeds brilliantly in a radical project: convincing readers to rethink a singular ‘economics’ as multiple ‘economies’: bodily, household, market, political, and natural. His book draws on intellectual history, economic and social theories, and gastronomy, and it is richly illustrated with stories about meals. -- Janet Flammang, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs an academic economist and former chef, this is a book I wish I had written. Symons’s work provides a unique contribution through its fusion of philosophy, economics, and food, arguing for the need to reject the acquisitive self-interest ethos of economics and instead return to a social-centric Epicurean philosophy. I for one would enjoy a seat at Symons’s table. -- Ted P. Schmidt, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Political Economy of Food and Finance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeals Matter\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate call to create a more convivial world by centering food and its consumption. It combines a powerful challenge to action with a well-documented contribution toward our understanding of the cultural and social significance of food and foodways. -- Bertram M. Gordon, author of \u003ci\u003eWar Tourism: Second World War France from Defeat and Occupation to the Creation of Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA clearly written and exciting reappraisal of the development of Western economic thinking and when and where it goes awry. \u003ci\u003eMeals Matter\u003c\/i\u003e offers an original argument about the relationship of food, money, and economics that has the potential to upend many orthodoxies. -- David Sutton, author of \u003ci\u003eRemembrance of Repasts: An Anthropology of Food and Memory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeals Matter\u003c\/i\u003e is compelling, original and sophisticated. The book would appeal to a scientific and lay audience seeking a deeper understanding of how society got to a point of extreme commodification of food, alienation from its sociocultural value, and the neglect of meals. * Nature Food *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeals Matter\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate and inspiring proposal for change. Symons’s suggestion that the 'festal core' of democracy needs to be resurrected is certainly correct. * The Australian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: Meals Before Money\u003cbr\u003e1. It’s Not “\u003ci\u003ethe \u003c\/i\u003eEconomy, Stupid,” but More Than Five of Them\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Insatiable Greed vs. Satiable Appetite\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. In Greed They Trust\u003cbr\u003e3. Brillat-Savarin’s Quest for Table-Pleasure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Liberal Economics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Epicurus and the Pleasure of the Stomach\u003cbr\u003e5. Cavendish, Hobbes, Locke, and Liberal Political Economy\u003cbr\u003e6. The City Sacks Versailles\u003cbr\u003e7. Making the Market\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Capture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. The Dismal Science\u003cbr\u003e9. Ludwig von Mises, Neoliberal Godfather\u003cbr\u003e10. Rationalization and Corporate Purpose\u003cbr\u003e11. The Creation of \u003ci\u003eHomo Economicus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Restoring Economics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Free the Market! (It’s Been Captured by Capitalism)\u003cbr\u003e13. Value Families! (Economics Begins at Home)\u003cbr\u003e14. Get Political! (Bring Back Banquets)\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry”\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eGlossary: List of Ingredients\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400349393239,"sku":"9780231196024","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231196024.jpg?v=1730470460","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/meals-matter-9780231196024","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}