Claude Fischler
Encyclopedia
Claude Fischler is a French
sociologist
working as directeur de recherche for the Centre national de la recherche scientifique
and codirector of the Edgar Morin Centre
, part of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales
. He is specialized in the anthropology
of food
and eating
.
, Club de l'Obs, 1971.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
sociologist
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
working as directeur de recherche for the Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
The National Center of Scientific Research is the largest governmental research organization in France and the largest fundamental science agency in Europe....
and codirector of the Edgar Morin Centre
Edgar Morin Centre
The Edgar Morin Centre is a graduate teaching and research unit of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and of the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris...
, part of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
The École des hautes études en sciences sociales is a leading French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences...
. He is specialized in the anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
of food
Food
Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals...
and eating
Eating
Eating is the ingestion of food to provide for all organisms their nutritional needs, particularly for energy and growth. Animals and other heterotrophs must eat in order to survive: carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, omnivores consume a mixture of both plant and animal matter,...
.
Books as main author
Le Retour des astrologues. Diagnostic sociologique, ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Club de l'Obs, 1971.
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- Reviewed in Archives de sociologie des religions17:34 (1972), pp. 183-184. La Croyance astrologique moderne : Diagnostic sociologique, with Edgar MorinEdgar MorinEdgar Morin is a French philosopher and sociologist born Edgar Nahoum in Paris on July 8, 1921. He is of Judeo-Spanish origin. He is known for the transdisciplinarity of his works.- Biography :...
& al., LausanneLausanneLausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, L'Age d'homme, 1981. La Damnation de Fos, with Bernard Paillard, Paris, Le SeuilÉditions du SeuilÉditions du Seuil is a French publishing house created in 1935, currently owned by La Martinière Groupe. It owes its name to this goal "The seuil is the whole excitement of parting and arriving...
, 1981. L'Homme et la Table, Paris, École des hautes études en sciences socialesÉcole des Hautes Études en Sciences SocialesThe École des hautes études en sciences sociales is a leading French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences...
, 1990. L'Homnivore. Le goût, la cuisine et le corps, Paris, Odile Jacob, 1990. - Reviewed in Revue française de sociologie 32:2 (1991), pp. 286-288. Du Vin, Paris, Odile Jacob, 1999. Manger. Français, Européens et Américains face à l'alimentation, with Estelle Masson, Paris, Odile Jacob, 2008.
- Reviewed in Archives de sociologie des religions17:34 (1972), pp. 183-184. La Croyance astrologique moderne : Diagnostic sociologique, with Edgar Morin
Books as editor
La nourriture - pour une anthropologie bioculturelle de l'alimentation, Communications 31, 1979. Manger magique », Paris, Autrement, n°149, 1994. Pensée magique et alimentation aujourd'hui, Cahiers de l'OCHA 5, 1996.Works in English
- "Food, Self and Identity", Social Science Information 27:2 (1988), pp.275-292.
External links
- Claude Fischler, Edgar Morin CentreEdgar Morin CentreThe Edgar Morin Centre is a graduate teaching and research unit of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and of the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris...
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