Hungry Soul Eating and the Perfecting of Our Nature

Name: Hungry Soul Eating and the Perfecting of Our Nature
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ISBN: 9780226425689

ISBN-10: 0226425681

ISBN-13: 9780226425689

Edition: 1999 (Reprint)

Authors: Leon R. Kass

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In this exploration of the natural and cultural act of eating, the author reveals how the various aspects of this phenomenon, and the customs and taboos surrounding it, relate to universal truths about the human animal and its deepest yearnings.

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 7.44" wide x 8.94" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Leon R. Kass is Addie Clark Harding Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the College at the University of Chicago.



List of Illustrations


Credits


Foreword to the Paperback Edition


Preface


Introduction: "Good for Food . . . to Make One Wise"



Food and Nourishing: The Primacy of Form



The Human Form:Omnivoros us Erectus



Host and Cannibal: From Fressen to Essen



Enhancing Uprightness: Civilized Eating



Freedom, Friendship, and Philosophy: From Eating to Dining



Sanctified Eating: A Memorial of Creation


Conclusion: The Hungry Soul and the Perfecting of Our Nature


Notes


Index