From Asceticism to the Modern Diet Society: The Body between Sanctity and Nonentity

This paper analyses — not chronologically, but sociologically — the transition from the age of asceticism, which advises one to eat like a bird in order to perfect the soul, to the modern age, in which the diet society is highlighted. It asserts that this ambivalent and conflictive situation between...

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Main Author: Sertaç Timur Demir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: İlmi Etüdler Derneği 2016-06-01
Series:İnsan & Toplum
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Online Access:http://insanvetoplum.org/makale/riyazetten-modern-diyet-toplumuna-kutsallik-ve-hic%CC%A7lik-arasinda-beden/