Overview
- Offers a unique focus on the rhetorical arguments at the core of the veg(etari)an debate
- Provides an international reach with contributions by scholars from the U.S, Canada, Israel and the U.K
- Explores a variety of perspectives including feminist, queer, religious and ecological approaches
Part of the book series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series (PMAES)
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This collection explores the arguments related to veg(etari)anism as they play out in the public sphere and across media, historical eras, and geographical areas. As vegan and vegetarian practices have gradually become part of mainstream culture, stemming from multiple shifts in the socio-political, cultural, and economic landscape, discursive attempts to both legitimize and delegitimize them have amplified. With 12 original chapters, this collection analyses a diverse array of these legitimating strategies, addressing the practice of veg(etari)anism through analytical methods used in rhetorical criticism and adjacent fields.
Part I focuses on specific geo-cultural contexts, from early 20th century Italy, Serbia and Israel, to Islam and foundational Yoga Sutras. In Part II, the authors explore embodied experiences and legitimation strategies, in particular the political identities and ontological consequences coming from consumption of, or abstention from,meat. Part III looks at the motives, purposes and implication of veg(etari)anism as a transformative practice, from ego to eco, that should revolutionise our value hierarchies, and by extension, our futures. Offering a unique focus on the arguments at the core of the veg(etari)an debate, this collection provides an invaluable resource to scholars across a multitude of disciplines.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Vegetarianism
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Eco Versus Ego: The Transformative Potential of Veg(etari)anism
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Cristina Hanganu-Bresch is Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, USA. Her research on the rhetoric of psychiatry and scientific communication has appeared, among others, in Written Communication, Literature and Medicine, and Medical Humanities, and several edited collections. She co-authored Diagnosing Madness (2019) and Effective Scientific Writing (2020).
Kristin Kondrlik is an Assistant Professor of English specializing in Health Communication at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA. Her research focuses on wellness movements in historical and contemporary medical journals. Her scholarship has appeared in Victorian Periodicals Review, English Literature in Transition: 1880-1920, and Poroi: Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Veg(etari)an Arguments in Culture, History, and Practice
Book Subtitle: The V Word
Editors: Cristina Hanganu-Bresch, Kristin Kondrlik
Series Title: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53280-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53279-6Published: 13 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53282-6Published: 14 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53280-2Published: 12 December 2020
Series ISSN: 2634-6672
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6680
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 324
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ethics, Social Philosophy, Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science, Philosophy of Nature