A political history of food - Ariès, Paul
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Why is food at the origin of the common goods of humanity? How did the powerful, with the rituals of the table and the food policies, manage to build the (in)equality of humans? Who, after forcing the people to eat bread, wanted to forbid them chestnuts and generalize the potato?Beyond the social, religious and cultural history of food, the author traces its political history, never before treated. This fabulous book by Paul Ariès is the result of thirty years of teaching and research. It shows how the French table remains largely dependent on past tables. You will know (almost) everything…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Why is food at the origin of the common goods of humanity? How did the powerful, with the rituals of the table and the food policies, manage to build the (in)equality of humans? Who, after forcing the people to eat bread, wanted to forbid them chestnuts and generalize the potato?Beyond the social, religious and cultural history of food, the author traces its political history, never before treated. This fabulous book by Paul Ariès is the result of thirty years of teaching and research. It shows how the French table remains largely dependent on past tables. You will know (almost) everything about what our ancestors ate and drank, from prehistory to the present day.
Autorenporträt
Well known as a political scientist specializing in ecology, but also a connoisseur of issues related to food and eating, Paul Ariès has been teaching since 1988 in the largest international hotel schools. Awarded the 1996 National Academy of Cuisine prize, he is the author of La Fin des mangeurs (Desclée de Brouwer, 1997), Les Fils de McDo (L'Harmattan, 2000), Le Goût (with Gong Gang, Desclée de Brouwer, 2000), Manger sans peur (Golias, 2011).