This volume addresses the nature and identity of recipes from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Contributors study the values and norms guiding the naming, production, and consumption of recipes, scrutinizing their relationship to territory, makers, eaters, and places of production. Along the road, they uncover the multifaceted conceptual and value-laden questions that a study of recipes raises regarding cultural appropriation and the interplay between aesthetics and ethics in recipe making. With contributors specializing in philosophy, law, anthropology, sociology, history, and other disciplines, this volume will be of vital importance for those looking to understand the complex nature of food and the way recipes have shaped culinary cultures throughout history.

A Critical Introduction to the Metaphysics of Modality examines the eight main contemporary theories of possibility behind a central metaphysical topic. Covering modal skepticism, modal expressivism, modalism, modal realism, ersatzism, modal fictionalism, modal agnosticism, and the new modal actualism, this comprehensive introduction to modality places contemporary debates in an historical context. Beginning with a historical overview, Andrea Borghini discusses Parmenides and Zeno; looks at how central Medieval authors such as Aquinas, and Buridan prepared the ground for the Early Modern radical views of Leibniz, Spinoza, and Hume and discusses advancements in semantics in the later-half of the twentieth century a resulted in the rise of modal metaphysics, the branch characterizing the past few decades of philosophical reflection. Framing the debate according to three main perspectives - logical, epistemic, metaphysical- Borghini provides the basic concepts and terms required to discuss modality. With suggestions of further reading and end-of-chapter study questions, A Critical Introduction to the Metaphysics of Modality is an up-to-date resource for students working in contemporary metaphysics seeking a better understanding of this crucial topic.

In this volume, Andrea Borghini and Elena Casetta introduce a wide spectrum of key philosophical problems related to life sciences in a neat framework and an accessible style, with a special emphasis on metaphysical issues. The volume is divided into three parts. The first addresses the two main questions stemming from life sciences: what is life, and what is the correct understanding of the theory of evolution? The second part looks at metaphysical questions concerning biological entities: environments, species, organisms, and biological individuals. The third part focuses on theoretical questions of particular ethical and political significance: sex and gender, the biotechnological revolution, and the evolution of behavior and culture. Each chapter is followed by a list of further readings.

In Beyond Dogmatism: Studies in Historical Sociology, Andrea Borghini offers a general overview of the perspective of Historical Sociology through the main authors and topics affecting this school of thought. All the contributors develop their chapters by traversing the history of sociological thought in a rich and innovative way. Through the analysis of authors such as Bourdieu, Lukàcs, Chase Dunn, Gramsci, Polanyi, Sombart, Mann and topics such as the critique of Capitalism, the Fetishism of Commodities, the Sociology of Concepts, the comparison between sociology and Political Science, a panorama is composed that restores the extreme topicality and richness of an approach that is particularly valuable and useful for describing and interpreting the dynamics of our contemporary world.

This is a book about food, philosophy, and intellectual property rights. Taken separately, these are three well-known subjects, but it is uncommon to consider them together. The book comprises 50 case studies, organized around eight themes: images; genericity and descriptiveness; language traps; procedures; menus, recipes, and creativity; boundaries; biotech; and empowerment. The introductory chapter frames the selection of cases and encourages readers to look beyond them, envisaging new lenses to look at food vis-à-vis intellectual property. The terrain encompassed is wide-ranging and reaches out to fine-grained aspects of food products, recipes, and cooking. Conceived for a wide scope of readers, the volume ultimately interrogates the links between food and cultural identity, bringing to the fore the ethical, political, and aesthetic worth of culinary arts and gastronomic experiences. This accessible book will be of value to scholars, students, practitioners, and others with interests in the areas of intellectual property, food law, and food studies.

This book explores the moral and political significance of gastrospaces: the spaces where we eat. It adopts an innovative approach, combining analytic political philosophy and analytic ontology, to lay down the theoretical foundations for a multi- and interdisciplinary research agenda on the complex interconnections between food and space. Social science and humanities scholars have studied the ties between food consumption and space from multiple angles. This book sets up a different and more foundational approach, which engages with these bodies of work and integrates them into a coherent framework. While taking the reader through a theoretical journey of varying complexities, the book also illustrates the social, political, and cultural significance of gastrospaces by surveying an array of examples from diverse historical and geographical contexts. It then draws on political philosophy to show that gastrospaces are sites of justice and injustice and complements this analysis by developing an ontological model for gastrospaces that facilitates a systematic analysis of their social, political, and cultural significance. The book ends with a toolbox for the study of gastrospaces that different stakeholders may apply to their respective contexts of intervention. This book will appeal to philosophers, political scientists, food scholars, geographers, and anyone interested in the intersection between food and space. By focusing on a wide range of real-world topics related to gastrospaces, such as racist dress codes, family-friendly restaurants, speakeasies, and gendered kitchen designs, the book will also be of interest to nonacademic stakeholders such as urban planners, policymakers, designers, managers, and consumers.

Ce volume est le résultat d’une expérience scientifique et de recherche qui a démarré à l’Université de Corse-Pasquale Paoli à Corté et qui s’est poursuivie au sein de l’Université Côte d’Azur à Nice ainsi qu’à l’Università di Pisa en Italie. Cette expérience a réuni des chercheurs de différentes approches disciplinaires engagés dans un débat sur des questions fondamentales qui caractérisent la vie contemporaine : du rôle des nouveaux médias aux défis écologiques qui nous attendent, de la pertinence de la tradition locale pour le développement durable à la régénération des espaces urbains, de la contribution de la théorie sociale à la compréhension des processus globaux, à l’évolution des rituels politiques. Bien qu’apparemment hétérogènes, les multiples lignes de recherche peuvent être reliées par des interrogations partagées : quelles sont les nouvelles frontières de la politique et du politique ? Comment évolue le concept d’espace public ? Quelle est la valeur et le cadre institutionnel qui donnent un sens et régissent la vie sociale à l’ère de la globalisation ? C’est donc un ouvrage qui tente de combiner tradition et innovation, offrant des pistes de lecture inspirées par un dialogue international et interdisciplinaire. Ces pistes se révèlent utiles pour s’orienter dans la complexité que nous vivons ; elles réaffirment le rôle d’un savoir multidisciplinaire, ouvert et démocratique dans un espace public à défendre et, sans doute, à réinventer.

L’analisi dell’epoca attuale, denominata non a caso Antropocene, comporta il superamento di alcune dicotomie appartenenti alla tradizione delle Scienze sociali: prima fra tutte quella tra Natura e Cultura. Alla luce del paradigma dell’ecologia integrale che sta al cuore della Laudato si’ di Papa Francesco, Lino Rossi presenta l’Antropocene come una sfida apocalittica attraverso un’indagine antropologico-filosofica; Andrea Borghini offre invece alcune chiavi di lettura circa le continuità e le discontinuità esistenti fra l’uomo e il suo ambiente, sulla base del pensiero di Max Weber, Ulrich Beck, Pierre Bourdieu e Michael Burawoy. Due prospettive complementari e interdisciplinari che forniscono prospettive etico-politiche per orientarsi nella nostra epoca in crisi.