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Eating is the most widespread daily practice in life. It takes place every day, three times a day, from birth to death. However, the philosophical tradition has never directly taken charge of food, since it is not a topic that is part of the scope of the issues that originally concerned it. When searching for "philosophies of eating" the response of the texts is both silence and denial. However, there is a counterpoint: the philosophy of all times has been expressed through food metaphors--even cannibals--this is part of both its themes and its deepest methodology. From the most empirical uses to the most transcendental - such as the one that contains the idea that we are what we eat - eating has become an existential operation for philosophy, as important as thinking.

Author: Valeria Campos
Publisher: Herder & Herder
Published: 01/30/2024
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9788425450686
ISBN10: 8425450683
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | General

About the Author
Roberto Esposito es profesor de Filosofía Teórica en la Scuola Normale Superiore de Pisa. Es uno de los más prestigiosos centros universitarios de Italia. Ha publicado numerosos libros, entre los cuales destacan Comunidad, inmunidad y biopolítica (Herder, 2009), Desde el exterior. Una filosofía para Europa (2016), Immunitas. Protección y negación de la vida (2020) e Institución (Herder, 2022).