https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Scarlet-Letters https://booksandideas.net/Scarlet-Letters 2019-09-02T07:00:00Z text/html en Nicolas Delon Philosophy environmentalism ethics activism vegetarianism Books and ideas originals emotion veganism meat <p>In 2018 and 2019, a series of attacks by vegan activists struck meat-related businesses in France. Deemed “extreme” and “violent” by butchers, these actions invite us to reflect on the ethics of activism. Is it ever morally permissible to engage in illegal activism? Are tactics such as shaming even effective?</p> https://booksandideas.net/In-the-Land-of-Vegetarians https://booksandideas.net/In-the-Land-of-Vegetarians 2018-07-05T07:00:00Z text/html en Mathieu Ferry Society International India food castes Florence Gould Foundation vegetarianism <p>In India, the ban on meat-based diets is still linked to an obligation of ritual purity for high castes – but not solely. As the geographer Michaël Bruckert explains, in modern-day India the consumption of meat structures the social, cultural and economic space of the sub-continent.</p>