Rethinking food, fortune, and misfortune: Reading Wendell Berry in a time of pandemic
The highly efficient food system produced by industrial agriculture is often thought to be one of the great blessings of modern technology. In a time of pandemic, however, this supposed “good fortune” becomes highly problematic. Using the observation from Boethius that “good fortune corrupts, bad fo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2020
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Review and expositor
Year: 2020, Volume: 117, Issue: 4, Pages: 445-452 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Augustine
B Boethius B Sustainability B Industrial agriculture B farming B Wendell Berry |
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| Summary: | The highly efficient food system produced by industrial agriculture is often thought to be one of the great blessings of modern technology. In a time of pandemic, however, this supposed “good fortune” becomes highly problematic. Using the observation from Boethius that “good fortune corrupts, bad fortune instructs,” I turn to the insights gained from reading Wendell Berry during a time of pandemic. Berry is particularly insightful at helping readers understand how one can overcome the cultural amnesia brought about by our loss of connection with food and farming through the cultivation of a renewed imagination, self-control, and a reinvigorated work ethic. |
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| ISSN: | 2052-9449 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review and expositor
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0034637320968960 |