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The Atkins diet and philosophy : chewing the fat with Kant and Nietzsche / edited by Lisa Heldke, Kerri Mommer, and Cynthia Pineo.
- Title
- The Atkins diet and philosophy : chewing the fat with Kant and Nietzsche / edited by Lisa Heldke, Kerri Mommer, and Cynthia Pineo.
- Publication
- Chicago : Open Court, c2005.
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- Description
- xv, 258 p.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 14
- Uniform Title
- Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 14.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Popular Work
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- In(tro)duction: Setting the Table. Part 1: Protein (Personal Choice and Action). Cutting the Conceptual Carbs: Dewey as Dietician, Atkins as Pragmatist / Randall E. Auxier -- Nietzsche and the Art of Eating: A Sound Mind in an Atkins Body / William Irwin -- How Do You Decide What to Eat? Kantian Reflections on Dieting / Dan Dennis -- Part 2: Fat (Pre-Atkins). "The Food Nature Intended You to Eat": Low-Carbohydrate Diets and Primitivist Philosophy / Christine Knight -- Brillat-Savarin's Nineteenth-Century Proto-Atkins Diet: A Case Study in Inductive Inference / Daniel O'Connell -- Atkins: Who Gets Philosophical Credit? An Imaginary Dialogue / Raymond D. Boisvert -- Part 3: Carbohydrates (Philosophy of Science). Why and When Should We Rely on Scientific Experts? The Atkins Diet as an Alternative Theory / David Ramsey Steele -- The Nietzsche Diet and Dr. Atkins's Science / Rebecca Bamford -- The Structure of Atkins's New Diet Revolution: Proposing a Paradigm Shift in Fighting Obesity / Catherina A. Womack -- Part 4: Vitamins and Minerals (Socio-political and Ethical Considerations). Commodious Diets, or Could a Marxist Do Atkins?. Bias and Body Size: The Social Contract and the Fat Liberation Movement / Abby Wilkerson -- A Vegetarian's Beef with Atkins / David Detmer -- Warning : This Diet Is Not for Everyone: The Atkins Diet's Ecological Side Effects / Stan Cox, Marty Bender -- Part 5: Unlimited Noncaloric Beverages (Cultural Intersections). Men on Atkins: Dieting, Meat, and Masculinity / Amy Bentley -- Low-Carb Dieting and the Mirror: A Lacanian Analysis of the Atkins Diet / Fabio Parasecoli -- Tyranny of the Carbohydrate: Feminist Dietary Drama / Corrine Bedecarre -- The Low-Carb Canon. Philosophy and Food: Some Gleanings. Dietary Preferences of Contributors. Glycemic Index.
- ISBN
- 0812695844 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780812695847
- LCCN
- ^^2005018931
- 9780812695847
- OCLC
- 61122990
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library