Hindus And Westerners Alike See In The Meat-eating Taboos Of India A Triumph Of Morals Over Appetite. This Is A Dangerous Misrepresentation Of Cultural Processes. Hindu Vegetarianism Was A Victory Not Of Spirit Over Matter But Of Reproductive Over Productive Forces.

-Marvin Harris

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Hindus And Westerners Alike See In The

Marvin Harris

Hindus And Westerners Alike See In The Meat-eating Taboos Of India A Triumph Of Morals Over Appetite. This Is A Dangerous Misrepresentation Of Cultural Processes. Hindu Vegetarianism Was A Victory Not Of Spirit Over Matter But Of Reproductive Over Productive Forces.

Topic

Vegetarianism

Meat Eating

Victory

There Are Very Important And Practical Issues Raised By Following This Alternative Route Which Says, Lets Look To Material Conditions, To The Systems Of Production, To The Needs That Human Beings Have, And To Competing Alternative Solutions To The Satisfaction Of Those Needs.

Issues

Important

Needs