Food is fundamental, fun, frightening, and far-reaching.
Part of a special issue on the nature and culture of food. The writer proposes that food is fundamental, fun, frightening, and far-reaching. He argues that the system evolved to deal with problems of food selection is the source of many general behavioral and mental adaptations: With respect to th...
| Publicado en: | Social Research Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 9 - 31 |
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New School for Social Research
Spring 1999
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| Sumario: | Part of a special issue on the nature and culture of food. The writer proposes that food is fundamental, fun, frightening, and far-reaching. He argues that the system evolved to deal with problems of food selection is the source of many general behavioral and mental adaptations: With respect to the origin of adaptations, he points out, food is often first. He concludes that eating is essential, elating, emotional, and expansive. |
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