1st Edition

Gastrospaces A Philosophical Study of Where We Eat

146 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

146 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

146 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores the moral and political significance of gastrospaces: the spaces where we eat. It adopts an innovative approach, combining analytic political philosophy and analytic ontology, to lay down the theoretical foundations for a multi- and interdisciplinary research agenda on the complex interconnections between food and space. Social science and humanities scholars have studied the... Read more

CHAPTER 1: A Guide to Gastrospaces

1.1 Foods, Spaces, and Gastrospaces

1.2 “Gastrospaces”

1.3 Gastrospaces in Hard Times

1.4 The Varieties of Gastrospaces

1.5 Shades and Borders

 

CHAPTER 2: Perspectives on Food and Space

2.1 Third Places

2.2 Foodscapes

2.3 Around Tables, Carpets, Trays…

2.4 Eating Together: Cultivating Conviviality, Commensality, Feasting … and Other Ties

2.5 The Edge of Gastrospaces

 

CHAPTER 3: Justice, Injustice, and Gastrospaces

3.1 Analytic Philosophy: Tools

3.2 Analytic Philosophy: Authors, Texts, and Sources

3.3 Analytic Political Philosophy

3.4 The Political Value of Gastrospaces

3.5 Gastrospaces and the Second Moral Power

3.6 Gastrospaces and the First Moral Power

3.7 Gastrospaces, Neutrality, and Institutions

 

CHAPTER 4: Modeling Gastrospaces

4.1 Introducing Analytic Ontology

4.2 Ontological Models

4.3 Towards an Ontological Model for Gastrospaces

4.4 Gastrospace Systems

4.5 Ontological Choices

4.6 Epistemic Authorities

 

CHAPTER 5: Features, Functions, and Values

5.1 A Dynamic Model

5.2 Features

5.3 Functions

5.4 Values

5.5 Connecting a Moral Powers Approach to the Framework.

5.6 Processes and Authorities of Gastrospace Modeling

5.7 Putting the Framework at Use: Autonomy, Design, Management

 

CHAPTER 6: A Toolbox for Gastrospaces

6.1 A Unified Framework

6.2 Three Contexts of Application

6.3 Tools from the Ontological Workshop

6.4 Tools from the Political Philosophy Workshop

 

Biography

Matteo Bonotti is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Andrea Borghini is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Milan, Italy.

Nicola Piras is a Full Researcher in the Centre for Ethics, Politics, and Society at the University of Minho, Portugal.

Beatrice Serini is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Milan, Italy.