Critique of the culinary reason
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10737539 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Massimo Leone (0000-0002-8144-4337, 1Department of Philosophy, University of Turin, Via S. Ottavio 20, Torino 10124, Italy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 2016 |
| Issue | 211 |
| Pages | 165-186 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Semiotica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-1998 • E-ISSN: 1613-3692 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/sem-2016-0097 |
| OpenAlex | W2354561855 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
Present-day economically developed societies devote unprecedented attention to food. The culinary discourse, in all its facets, gains increasing centrality in cultures. Institutions, media, and common people are obsessed with what they eat. In Italy, a country already aware of itself with regards to food, gastronomy turns into the main concern, the most debated and cared of system of norms. Social phenomena like Slow Food and Zero Kilometer originate in Italy and then conquer the world, claiming that improving the quality of food is the way for a better planet. But what is the deep cultural meaning of this massive trend? What lies behind the culinary reason? Aesthetic neutralization of socioeconomic conflicts, chauvinistic marketing of stereotypes, and anti-intellectual subversion of sensorial hierarchies, the article contends
Centrality · Epistemology · Gastronomy · Meaning (existential) · Political science · Politics · Quality (philosophy) · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Subversion · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Philosophy · Sustainable Urban and Rural Development
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |