Taste for Purity

Julia Hauser explores the global history of vegetarianism from the mid-nineteenth century to the early Cold War. She demonstrates that vegetarians in India and the West shared notions of purity, which drew some toward not only internationalism and anticolonialism but also racism, nationalism, and violence.

Julia Hauser exploreaza istoria globala a vegetarianismului de la mijlocul secolului al XIX-lea pana la inceputul Razboiului Rece. Ea demonstreaza ca vegetarienii din India si Occident au impartasit notiunile de puritate, ceea ce i-a atras pe unii nu numai spre internationalism si anticolonialism, ci si spre rasism, nationalism si violenta.