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Wilfrid Laurier University Press is a scholarly press based in Waterloo, Ontario.
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View Rights PortalEdzard Reuter is a European by conviction, and a fighter for an economy that is also geared to the well-being of employees, the environment and society. In his book, he looks back at the 90 years of his life as a politically and socially committed person. The expert in and observer of world politics and the world economy shows how the world has changed and what role the Middle East, Russia, the USA and China play in this. For Reuter, the path of the European Union is quite clear: it has to become an independent state structure. The war in Ukraine testifies to the urgency of a paradigm shift in Europe.
Addiction from the supermarket The most powerful drug cartel of the 21st century sells pizzas, chocolate bars and mixed sweets. The promise: a quick and happy snack at low cost. The truth: this “food” isn’t nutritious, but is addictive and fattening, while bringing bumper profits for the investors. “Big Food” is becoming more powerful, but the costs due to the consequences of obesity now risk overwhelming global healthcare services. Obesity ranks as a killer before smoking or high blood pressure. A direct analysis of a man-made epidemic that is dominated by a few large companies and kept going by multiple profiteers. Their motto: “Teach the world to snack.”
Essen – als ob nicht: als ob es nicht darauf ankäme; als ob es egal wäre, was, wann und wie; nebenbei essen, zwischendurch, weil’s unbedingt sein muß, ohne Sinn und Verstand. Essen, als ob es das Gewöhnlichste und Niedrigste wäre, wofür das Billigste vom Discounter, aus der Kantine, vom Imbißstand gut genug ist; essen, als ob von der wichtigsten Regenerationsquelle für Leib und Seele nicht alles andere abhinge. – Die Autoren des Bandes untersuchen die diskursiven und materiellen Hintergründe der deutschen wie internationalen Eßkultur. Sie bieten Ansätze zu einem anderen, neuen Verständnis eines gerade wegen seiner Alltäglichkeit immer noch unterschätzten Phänomens und streiten für einen in Deutschland längst überfälligen gastrosophical turn. Mit Beiträgen von Jürgen Dollase, Harald Lemke, Daniele Dell’Agli, Martin Reuter, Claus-Dieter Rath u.a.