The Ism in Veganism: The Case for a Minimal Practice-based Definition

Dutkiewicz, Jan; Dickstein, Jonathan

doi:10.1007/s41055-020-00081-6

Cited by 26 publications

(19 citation statements)

References 49 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Enthusiasts suggest that this mainstreaming of veganism has the potential to enact significant ethical, ecological and health changes to an agri-food system increasingly understood as broken ( Friedrich, 2020 ; Dutkiewicz and Dickstein, 2021 ). Meanwhile critics caution that this mainstreaming risks diluting the radical ethics of veganism, and argue that it is characterised by notable continuities and consolidations of who is developing, producing and profiting from new vegan products ( White, 2018 ; Clay et al, 2020 ).…”

Section: The Rise Of Big Veganismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Vegan food geographies and the rise of Big Veganism

Sexton

Garnett

Lorimer

2022

Progress in Human Geography

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Veganism is the subject of an increasingly diverse body of social scientific research, yet it remains relatively understudied in geography. Meanwhile, contemporary cultural commentaries note how veganism has gone mainstream, with critics warning of veganism’s corporate nature – expressed in the rise of what we term ‘Big Veganism’. We argue that food geographers are well placed to examine these trends. We first review vegan studies work beyond geography that examines and critiques the mainstreaming of veganism. We focus on literature that explores multiple contested modes of veganism, veganism as praxis in place and the rise of corporate veganism as useful foundations for geographers to build on, particularly in light of currently unfolding developments in vegan cultures and practice. Taking this work forward, we identify four conceptual traditions from research in food geographies – following foodways, alternative food networks and the cultural and material politics of eating – to develop a ‘vegan food geographies’ programme that aims to advance critical geographic work on veganism and the emerging implications of its contemporary mainstreaming.

show abstract

Section: The Rise Of Big Veganismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Vegan food geographies and the rise of Big Veganism

Sexton

Garnett

Lorimer

2022

Progress in Human Geography

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Veganism's ethical and practical transformations of the self and society deal 'directly with practices rather than with principles -veganism is itself a principle, from which certain practices logically flow' (Cross, 1949, p. 15). Recently, Dutkiewicz and Dickstein (2021) sought to simplify definitions of veganism by moving away from beliefs and towards the material practices of abstaining from eating animals. Here, veganism is understood as a practice that does not necessarily follow a moral principle; a vegan could be someone under this definition who refuses animal products for any reason and not for emancipatory principles.…”

Section: Embodied Vegan Geographiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Vegan world-making in meat-centric society: the embodied geographies of veganism

Oliver

2021

Social & Cultural Geography

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The question of the human body -whose matters, where, when, and how much -has long been of concern in geographical thinking. Vegan geographies pose a challenge to this 'body,' bringing in critical concerns for and about animal bodies. In this paper, interviews with vegans based in Britain are used to discuss the role of the body and embodiment in veganism, a social, cultural and political movement that has been relatively under-studied in geography. Drawing on feminist and embodied geographical theory, this paper discusses the role of the body in three spaces of veganism: (1) in establishing vegan cultures through building shared 'truth narratives'; (2) in shifting veganism beyond individualism in meat-centric society; and (3) veganism as a world-making project, stretching beyond the body into social and cultural space. I conclude by discussing the wider implications of this empirical work understanding the social and cultural geographies of veganism, and how these further embodied geographical thinking. Creación de un mundo vegano en una sociedad centrada en la carne: las geografías incorporadas del veganismo. RESUMENLa cuestión del cuerpo humano (la materia de quiénes, dónde, cuándo y cuánto) ha sido durante mucho tiempo motivo de preocupación en el pensamiento geográfico. Las geografías veganas plantean un desafío para este 'cuerpo', al traer preocupaciones críticas por y sobre los cuerpos de los animales. En este artículo, se utilizan entrevistas con veganos con sede en Gran Bretaña para discutir el papel del cuerpo y la incorporación en el veganismo, un movimiento social, cultural y político que ha sido relativamente poco estudiado en geografía. Basándose en la teoría geográfica feminista y del cuerpo, este artículo analiza el papel del cuerpo en tres espacios del veganismo: (1) en el establecimiento de culturas veganas mediante la construcción de 'narrativas de verdad' compartidas; (2) en cambiar el veganismo más allá del individualismo en una sociedad centrada en la carne; y (3) el veganismo como un proyecto de creación de mundo, que se extiende más allá del ARTICLE HISTORY

show abstract

“…2 Motivations for adopting and promoting veganism may differ from place to place and person to person, but ultimately the effect is the same-namely, boycotts of the meat, dairy, egg, wool, and other animal-exploiting industries (Hahn 2014). In short, no matter how else it is described, veganism is fundamentally a practice, something one does rather than something one believes (Dickstein et al 2020;Dutkiewicz and Dickstein 2021). This fact permits us to label the phenomenon of "transnational veganism" even in the absence of a standardized or universal ideology.…”

Section: Jain Veganism In Transnational Veganismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Shortly thereafter, Watson's definition was critiqued by colleagues who insisted that the -ism of veganism should signify an ethos or ideology and not merely a pattern of behavior (Cross 1949). Yet regardless of the details and outcomes of this early debate over the definition of the term, in addition to the logical plausibility of "veganism" signifying anything but a practice (Dutkiewicz and Dickstein 2021), fast-forward seventy years and the original practice-centric definition still remains the most common understanding (now with "diet" extending to medicines, clothing, and other consumables).…”

Section: Jain Veganism In Transnational Veganismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Jain Veganism: Ancient Wisdom, New Opportunities

Miller

Dickstein

2021

Religions

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article seeks to elevate contemporary Jain voices calling for the adoption of a vegan lifestyle as a sign of solidarity with the transnational vegan movement and its animal rights, environmental protection, and health aspirations. Just as important, however, this article also seeks to present some of the unique features of contemporary Jain veganism, including, most specifically, Jain veganism as an ascetic practice aimed at the embodiment of non-violence (ahiṃsā), the eradication (nirjarā) of karma, and the liberation (mokṣa) of the Self (jīva). These are distinctive features of Jain veganism often overlooked and yet worthy of our attention. We begin the article with a brief discussion of transnational veganism and Jain veganism’s place within this global movement. This is followed by an overview of Jain karma theory as it appears in the Tattvārtha Sūtra, an authoritative diasporic Jain text. Next, we present two case studies of contemporary Jain expressions of veganism: (1) The UK-based organization known as “Jain Vegans” and (2) The US-based organization known as “Vegan Jains”. Both organizations have found new opportunities in transnational veganism to practice and embody the virtue of ahiṃsā as well as Jain karma theory. As we will show, though both organizations share the animal, human, and environmental protection aspirations found in transnational veganism, Jain Vegans and Vegan Jains simultaneously promote ahiṃsā to varying degrees in service of the Jain path to liberation. We conclude the article with a brief reconsideration of Marcus Banks’s diasporic “three tendencies” model to demonstrate how contemporary manifestations of Jain veganism compel us to revisit our understanding of diasporic expressions of Jain religious belief and praxis.

show abstract

The Ism in Veganism: The Case for a Minimal Practice-based Definition

Cited by 26 publications

References 49 publications

Vegan food geographies and the rise of Big Veganism

Vegan food geographies and the rise of Big Veganism

Vegan world-making in meat-centric society: the embodied geographies of veganism

Jain Veganism: Ancient Wisdom, New Opportunities

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About