SOC 808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Soil Retrogression And Degradation, Political Ecology, Reductionism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 808
• Professor: Mustafa Koc

Document Summary

Historically, necessities impose by climate, seasons; geography combined with cultural, social and economic limitations defined the boundaries of what is edible. Humans have always sought new food sources to feed themselves (neophilia) while at the same time afraid of these new things may make them sick (neophobia) Confusion about what is good to eat? (claude fischler) We now have even wider range of edibles, wider range of sources informing us about what can be eaten, what is good to eat. French sociologists fischler (1988) calls this confusion (cid:862)gastroa(cid:374)o(cid:373)ie. (cid:863) Usi(cid:374)g durkhei(cid:373)"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of a(cid:374)o(cid:373)ie (cid:894)a state of (cid:374)or(cid:373)less(cid:374)ess, or la(cid:272)k of (cid:272)usto(cid:373)ary regulatio(cid:374) of conduct a(cid:374)d aspiratio(cid:374)s(cid:895), fis(cid:272)hler argues that the sta(cid:271)ility of (cid:862)gastro(cid:374)o(cid:373)ie(cid:863) is i(cid:374)(cid:272)reasi(cid:374)gly (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g repla(cid:272)ed (cid:271)y a state of (cid:862)gastro-a(cid:374)o(cid:373)ie(cid:863). Gastronomie is the study of relationship of food and culture. Causes of confusion about eating in modern society. Changes in the rhythms of meal (i. e. snacking)