Kima Cargill: 2 books
The Psychology of Overeating
Food and the Culture of Consumerism
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Drawing on empirical research, clinical case material and vivid examples from modern culture, The Psychology of Overeating demonstrates that overeating must be understood as part of the wider cultural problem of consumption and materialism. Highlighting modern society's pathological need to consume,...
Food Cults
How Fads, Dogma, and Doctrine Influence Diet
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
What do we mean when we call any group a cult? Definingthat term is a slippery proposition – the word cult is provocative and arguably pejorative. Does it necessarily refer to a religious group? A group with a charismatic leader? Or something darker and more sinister?
Because beliefs and...