1st Edition
Mapping the Holistic Journey of Former Vegans The Polyphony within Veganism
1. Introduction
Situating Veganism
Defining Veganism Through a Dialogical Lens
From ‘Veganism’ to ‘Plant-Based’
Veganism and Identity
Chapter Summary
2. Positioning the Polyphony
Bakhtin: From Literature to the Social Sciences
Developing a Bakhtinian Onto-Epistemology: As An Analytical Tool
Dialogism and Identity in Social Psychology: A Concept for Contextuality
Methods
Participant Pen Portraits
Chapter Summary
3. The Beginning, How It All Began
The Primary Genre of Self-focus
The Primary Genre of External Influence
Chapter Summary
4. The Middle, How It All Went?
Maintaining a Double-Voiced Speech Genre
Primary Genre: Intra-conflict of the I-for-myself
The Primary Speech Genre of Denial
Chapter Summary
5. How It All Ended, and How Is It Going?
The Primary Speech Genre of ‘Ex-vegan Sobriety’
Rediscovering a Double-Voiced Utterance
Chapter Summary
6. Moving Forward(?)
Conceptualising Ideology
Centripetal Ideological Aesthetic Activity and Lived Experiences
Centrifugal Ideological Aesthetic Activity and Lived Experiences
Conclusion: (Un)Final Reflections
Biography
Hannah Intezar is an Assistant Professor at the University of Bradford, UK. Her research interests are interdisciplinary, encompassing Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, and Literature. She, therefore, has and continues to collaborate with academics from politics, philosophy, and psychology. Hannah has a particular interest in qualitative dialogical epistemology and visual methods within the Social Sciences.
"Rarely, one encounters a book so startlingly original and insightful; it not only captivates one's attention, but thereafter shapes the development of one's thought. Such is my experience after reading Hannah Intezar's book on vegan identities, which situates the journeys of individuals into and out of veganism within the extraordinarily illuminating theoretical framework of Bakhtinian dialogism. A model of clear and vivid exposition, the book is replete with arrestingly novel ideas and perceptions; compellingly readable, thought-provoking, and wholly fresh.”
- John Ackroyd, Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Intellectual History, University of Bradford, UK.
