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June 9th, 2020

From the vaults: Eating Animals

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Estimated reading time: 10 minutes

Forum for Philosophy

June 9th, 2020

From the vaults: Eating Animals

0 comments | 7 shares

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes

Jonathan Safran Foer

 


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Jonathan Safran Foer discusses themes from Eating Animals, an account of his decade-long struggle with vegetarianism. Part memoir, part exposé, the book examines the topics of factory farming and commercial fisheries and explores the cultural significance of food.

 

Speaker
Jonathan Safran Foer
Author, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Everything Is Illuminated.

Chair
Kristina Musholt
LSE Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and Deputy Director, Forum for Philosophy

 

Recorded on 19 January 2011 at the LSE

 

 

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