SOCIOLOGY OF FOOD: «ETERNAL» PROBLEM BETWEEN TRADITION AND TRANSITIVITY. BOOK REVIEW: KRAVCHENKO S. A., ZARUBINA N. N., NOSKOVA A. V., KARPOVA D. N., GOLOUKHOVA D. V. SOCIOLOGY OF NUTRITION: TRADITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS. MOSCOW: MGIMO-UNIVERSITY, 2017. 302 P.
Journal: BULLETIN OF KEMEROVO STATE UNIVERSITY. SERIES: POLITICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
Volume 2 № 1
, 2017
Rubrics: BOOK REVIEWS
Authors:
1.
Kemerovo State University
Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Type:
Article
Pages:
from 77
to 80
Status:
Published
Received:
25.07.2017
Accepted:
25.07.2017
Published:
25.07.2017
Language:
Russian
Keywords:
sociology of nutrition, risks, vulnerabilities, sociological research, sociology of consumption, social transformations.
Abstract (English):
The collective monograph «Sociology of Nutrition: Traditions and Transformations» is reviewed under the general editorship of N. N. Zarubina and S. A. Kravchenko. The work raises relevant and socially significant problems and prospects for the development of an interesting sociological trend – the sociology of nutrition. In the system of the consumer society, food industry has recently undergone significant transformations associated with risks, vulnerabilities, and new public expectations. The authors of the collective monograph cover a specific sphere of social relations as a cohesive whole, considering a bunch of traditional and alternative social nutrition practices, taking into account the Russian specifics. The monograph notes the resource nature of the «food addiction» of modern society in the socio-economic, political (global), as well as informational and communicative aspects of the development of modern society. Nutrition, being an integral part of the system of social relations, is subject to modern challenges and vulnerabilities of our world. Finally, the authors offer some perspective «menu» for the development of nutrition practices in modern Russia.
The collective monograph «Sociology of Nutrition: Traditions and Transformations» is reviewed under the general editorship of N. N. Zarubina and S. A. Kravchenko. The work raises relevant and socially significant problems and prospects for the development of an interesting sociological trend – the sociology of nutrition. In the system of the consumer society, food industry has recently undergone significant transformations associated with risks, vulnerabilities, and new public expectations. The authors of the collective monograph cover a specific sphere of social relations as a cohesive whole, considering a bunch of traditional and alternative social nutrition practices, taking into account the Russian specifics. The monograph notes the resource nature of the «food addiction» of modern society in the socio-economic, political (global), as well as informational and communicative aspects of the development of modern society. Nutrition, being an integral part of the system of social relations, is subject to modern challenges and vulnerabilities of our world. Finally, the authors offer some perspective «menu» for the development of nutrition practices in modern Russia.
Keywords:
sociology of nutrition, risks, vulnerabilities, sociological research, sociology of consumption, social transformations.
sociology of nutrition, risks, vulnerabilities, sociological research, sociology of consumption, social transformations.
