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Editorial
Food. Religious, ethical and philosophical aspects
LIMINA Grazer theologische Perspektiven | 4:2, 2021, 11–14 | www.limina-graz.eu | DOI: 10.25364/17.4:2021.2.1en
Eating and drinking are base requirements of human life, yet they are also
an expression – if not the source of – social, cultural and religious identi-
ties. Food unites us and food divides us. Table manners and religious dietary
rules define and bond social and faith communities. Additionally, globali-
sation has brought a new dimension to these cultural traditions of eating
and drinking with a plethora of personal dietary lifestyles. However, even
in predominantly secular societies, the fundamental link between food and
religion remains.
The response to our call for papers on the topic of food was so numerous
that we will be publishing two issues (the second one will follow in autumn
20221) to showcase the breadth of submissions. Both issues on food explore
religious and cultural contexts and the central role food and drink play in
creating and expressing meaning in our personal as well as collective lives.
Alessandro De Cesaris, Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy and
Educational Sciences at the University of Turin, opens the discussion with
a philosophical perspective on food under the title “The Taste of Truth. A
Mediological Approach to Eating“. De Cesaris proposes a “mediology” of
taste to explore how a natural medium – the sense of taste – can shape
human experience and which aspects of cultural and technological expe-
riences are rooted in this sense. Focusing on Western cultural history, he
investigates the scope of taste in three specific dimensions: physiology,
aesthetics and symbolism. The aim of this philosophical approach is to un-
cover the extent to which taste influences human experience.
Gerhard Langer, University Professor at the Institute of Jewish Studies at
the University of Vienna, shines a spotlight on the essential role food plays
1 The spring 2022 issue addresses
fundamental cultural and socio-
political tremors emanating from
the Covid-19 pandemic under the
title A disinfected society.
Translation:
Dagmar Astleitner MA
PRISM Translations, London
Limina
Grazer theologische Perspektiven, Volume 4:2
- Title
- Limina
- Subtitle
- Grazer theologische Perspektiven
- Volume
- 4:2
- Editor
- Karl Franzens University Graz
- Date
- 2021
- Language
- German
- License
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- Size
- 21.4 x 30.1 cm
- Pages
- 214
- Categories
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