The Atkins Diet and Philosophy: Chewing the Fat with Kant and Nietzsche (Popular Culture and Philosophy, 14) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812695844 ISBN 13: 9780812695847

Publisher: Open Court, 2005

Synopsis

The Atkins diet has transformed the lives of millions of people, revolutionizing grocery store shelves, restaurant menus, and dinner-table conversations. But there are questions beyond its efficacy and longevity. Is the Atkins diet a new wrinkle in capitalist exploitation or a twisted expression of negative body images? Is it a symbol of super-masculinity? Has the Atkins diet really been around for centuries under other names? Can it increase intelligence, or cause global warming and melt the polar ice caps? How does Atkins fit into Kant’s conception of the moral life, or Rousseau’s vision of a kinder, gentler human society? The Atkins Diet and Philosophy wittily explores these and other pressing questions in sixteen entertaining essays. Following the same fun, readable approach as earlier volumes in this series, this book uses philosophy to put the Atkins diet under the microscope, and uses the Atkins diet to teach vital philosophical lessons for life.

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Review:

"...any interested in Atkins and philosophy will find here an intriguing ability to link philosophical thinking to popular culture." -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Open Court
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0812695844
• ISBN 13: 9780812695847
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Lisa Heldke, Kerri Mommer, Cynthia Pineo