The Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times - Rilegato

Stuart, Tristram

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0393052206 ISBN 13: 9780393052206

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2007

Riassunto

A cultural and political history of vegetarianism explains how puritanical revolutionaries, European Hinduphiles, and visionary scientists conspired to overthrow Western society's fierce devotion to the consumption of meat, tracing three centuries of the movement from eighteenth-century converts to Hinduism to present-day environmentalism and the animal rights movement.

Su questo libro

Product Description:

The Bloodless Revolution is a pioneering history of puritanical revolutionaries, European Hinduphiles, and visionary scientists who embraced radical ideas from the East and conspired to overthrow Western society's voracious hunger for meat. At the heart of this compelling history are the stories of John Zephaniah Holwell, survivor of the Black Hole of Calcutta, and John Stewart and John Oswald, who traveled to India in the eighteenth century, converted to the animal-friendly tenets of Hinduism, and returned to Europe to spread the word. Leading figures of the Enlightenmentamong them Rousseau, Voltaire, and Benjamin Franklingave intellectual backing to the vegetarians, sowing the seeds for everything from Victorian soup kitchens to contemporary animal rights and environmentalism. Spanning across three centuries with reverberations to our current world, The Bloodless Revolution is a stunning debut from a young historian with enormous talent and promise.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0393052206
• ISBN 13: 9780393052206
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 628