Decentering Subjectivity in Everyday Eating and Drinking: Digesting Reality

This book explores how everyday practices of eating and drinking shape human subjectivity by examining the interactions between the body, mind, and material entities. It combines scientific insights from molecular biology and neuroscience with a decolonial spirit to analyze processes and objects triggered by eating and drinking events, such as the production of heat and the interchange of knowledge. It offers a novel approach to human subjectivity that goes beyond language, representation, and social structures and aims to contribute to the understanding of human and non-human affairs.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 164 pages
Publication date: 09 January 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive framework for analyzing the intricate configurations of reality as they manifest in the everyday practices of eating and drinking, with a particular focus on their role in shaping human subjectivity. The author employs a rich tapestry of concrete examples drawn from the realm of daily life, encompassing scenarios such as savoring a taco or indulging in a shot of mezcal, to establish an interactive interface between the body and mind and the material entities that permeate all scales of existence. By drawing upon scientific insights from fields such as molecular biology and neuroscience, coupled with a decolonial spirit, the author delves into the specific processes and objects triggered by these culinary and alcoholic experiences, such as the warmth generated during the consumption of a taco or the exchange of knowledge during a mezcal-sharing session.

Through this multidisciplinary approach, the book develops a novel perspective on human subjectivity, moving beyond the confines of language, representation, and social structures. It aims to contribute to the emerging landscape of efforts seeking to decenter our understanding of both human and non-human affairs. This thought-provoking work is of immense value to scholars and students engaged in critical psychology, philosophy, and the social sciences, as it offers a multidimensional exploration of our complex relationship with food.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367534851