The sociology of food: eating, diet and culture

Article Abstract:

Food has a sociological significance that far outweighs the attention it has received. Commensality or the sharing of food, for example, is a central ritual defining membership in social groups. Topics surveyed in this trend report include ethnological research on food, nutritional trends, lay beliefs and practices, eating disorders, consumption patterns, shortage and plenty, the impact of technology, influence of colonialism and migration, professional cooks and dining out, home economics, the domestic division of labor and food in total institutions.

Food, Diet, Food habits

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What is really rational choice? Beyond the utilitarian concept of rationality

Article Abstract:

The definition of rationality provided in rational choice theory is too narrow to support the concept, as it is too closely tied to utilitarianism. Rational choice does not always include utility- or profit-oriented behavior; therefore, a strictly utilitarian definition of rationality is inadequate. Cultural, social and political influences should be taken into account.

United States, Economic aspects, Rationalism, Utilitarianism

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Sociology and exile: banishment and tensional loyalties

Article Abstract:

The dual nature of exile as refusal and punishment shape the practice of an exiled sociologist. The homeland can be studied from the point of view of a social stranger, a position that significantly affects loyalty.

Behavior, Exiles, Iranians in foreign countries, Iranians

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