Download or read book The Food Movement, Culture, and Religion written by Jonathan Schorsch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the cultural and religious politics of the contemporary food movement, starting from the example of Jewish foodies, their zeal for pig (forbidden by Jewish law), and their talk about why ignoring traditional precepts around food is desirable. Focusing on the work of Michael Pollan, Jonathan Schorsch questions the modernist, materialist, and rationalist worldview of many foodies and discusses their lack of attention to culture, tradition, and religion.