The Hungry Soul: Eating and the Perfecting of Our Nature

The Hungry Soul is a fascinating exploration of the natural and cultural act of eating. Kass brilliantly reveals how the various aspects of this phenomenon, and the customs, rituals, and taboos surrounding it, relate to universal and profound truths about the human animal and its deepest yearnings.

"Kass is a distinguished and graceful writer. . . . It is astonishing to discover how different is our world from that of the animals, even in that which most evidently betrays that we too are animals--our need and desire for food."--Roger Scruton, Times Literary Supplement

"Yum."--Miss Manners

Author: Leon R. Kass
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 05/01/1999
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.07h x 6.07w x 0.61d
ISBN13: 9780226425689
ISBN10: 0226425681
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | Modern
- Cooking | General