Veganism, Hinduism, and Jainism in India

Kumar, Saurav

doi:10.4324/9781003020875-21

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“…One of the most pertinent examples of this is found in Jainism, with scripture dating ethical abstinence from meat and animal products to approximately 450 CE (Miller & Dickstein, 2021). Similarly, Hinduism and Buddhism have long established foodways based on vegetarianism (Kumar, 2021). Harper (2009) draws on these religious practices to argue that an intersectional vegan ethic can be found in a shared key virtue of ahimsa (or non‐harm) in the Dhārmic religions.…”

Section: Claiming Veganism's Contemporary Surgementioning

confidence: 99%

Claiming veganism and vegan geographies

Oliver,

Turnbull,

Richardson

2023

Geographical Journal

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A decade ago, veganism was a fringe radical movement. It was also largely absent from the geographical discipline, despite a rich history of vegan scholarship being present in disciplines such as Sociology and Psychology. However, veganism has recently seen a surge in popularity, with more people than ever before becoming vegan for a mixture of animal welfare, environmental, and health‐based reasons. With this mainstreaming, veganism has become contentious and fiercely defended. As veganism has become a growing social and political force, geographers have started to take notice of this previously fringe movement, which is gaining economic, ecological, and cultural power as investment flows into ‘plant‐based’ products and new markets are emerging. In this commentary, we look at how veganism has recently been taken up in Geography via several distinct trends that all stake a claim in defining an emerging geographical sub‐discipline, vegan geographies. We note the importance of scholarly pluralism and attention to establishing geographical sub‐disciplines more broadly.

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Section: Claiming Veganism's Contemporary Surgementioning

confidence: 99%

Claiming veganism and vegan geographies

Oliver,

Turnbull,

Richardson

2023

Geographical Journal

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“…When the relationship between eating style and religion is examined, it is shown that there is a connection between religion and veganism. Vegetarianism is dominant in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism, which are ancient religions (9).…”

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“…This is because they are thought to have just as good a taste. Examples of these adaptations are soy patties for foods made from soy, and the liquid from soy is called soy milk (9).…”

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Investigation of the effect and relationship of vegan cuisine on gastronomic culture

Doğan,

Yalçın

2023

Toros University JFNG

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Nutrition, which is a physiological need, is directly related to gastronomy and is affected by many factors, including geographical, cultural, environmental, climatic, and socio-economic factors. Today, there are many popular diets and veganism, which has become a lifestyle and philosophy by spreading all over the world, is one of the best examples of these diets. With the spread of veganism, vegan cuisine has started to emerge it is not possible to use animal products in this kitchen. For this reason, food groups shall be well positioned in the menus or recipes created. The purpose of this research was to ascertain the role and significance of veganism and vegan cuisine in gastronomy, as well as their effects and relationship to it. The descriptive analysis method, one of the qualitative research designs, was used in the study, and the results were categorized and interpreted based on their themes. As a result of the descriptive analysis applied to the findings, the importance, role, and effect of veganism in gastronomy were divided into two main themes: (1) vegan cuisine; (2) vegan culture. In addition, four sub-themes were identified: (1) the vegan restaurant; (2) the relationship of vegan cuisine with health; (3) the relationship of veganism with art; and (4) the relationship and effect of veganism on gastronomy. Although veganism is a concept derived from vegetarianism, it has taken a long way in a very short time and started to create new cuisines with vegan culture.

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“…Participants in Thailand stated they were not comfortable witnessing slaughter; 93.3% of total Thai participants identified as Buddhist, a philosophical way of life that aims to practice nonviolence and underpins the gentle culture frequently associated with Thailand (Phelps, 2004). Likewise, 86.2% of total participants from India identified as Hindu, a karmic world religion that teaches the principle of 'ahimsa'non-harm, which includes violence to people, animals and oneself (Kumar, 2021). In addition to Thailand and India, participants in Australia, Brazil, Chile and the UK were the most likely to report feeling uncomfortable about witnessing slaughter.…”

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Animal welfare at slaughter: perceptions and knowledge across cultures

Sinclair

Hötzel

Lee³

et al. 2023

Front. Anim. Sci.

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Most people around the world eat meat and billions of animals are slaughtered each year to meet that demand. For many, eating meat is a biocultural activity steeped in tradition and formative in cuisines and identity. Eating meat, however, comes with a myriad of ethical and practical considerations. In tandem with animal rights and environmental sustainability concerns surrounding the impact of animal slaughter for meat, animal welfare science has identified numerous ways animals may suffer on an individual level during various methods of slaughter. Practices of slaughter differ around the world and the degree to which culture and regional interpretations of religion impact consumer expectations and perceptions of suffering at slaughter are relatively unknown. We begin to address some of these gaps by conducting a survey of 4,291 members of the general public to assess knowledge and attitudes around animal welfare at slaughter and religious slaughter, across 14 culturally and religiously diverse countries in local languages; Australia, Philippines, Nigeria, United Kingdom and United States (English), Bangladesh (Bengali), Brazil (Portuguese), Chile (Spanish), China (Traditional Chinese), India (Hindi and English), Malaysia (Bahasa Malay, Chinese and English), Pakistan (Urdu), Sudan (Arabic) and Thailand (Thai). Our results demonstrate that in highly developed countries where exposure to slaughter is low, comfort witnessing slaughter and knowledge about animal welfare at slaughter and the local application of stunning is also low. Cultural and religious differences exist by country, however in all countries except Bangladesh, the majority of participants stated that it mattered to them that animals do not suffer during slaughter, and in most countries, participants would prefer that animals be rendered unconscious before they are slaughtered (preslaughter stunning); including in countries where this practice is not currently widespread. These findings suggest that concern for the reduction of animal suffering during slaughter is a universal human tendency, rather than a cultural development, while opinion of how best to achieve this (i.e., to stun or not to stun) may be cultural and tied to local interpretations of religious slaughter requirements. The findings of this study serve as an indication for meat industries and governments that continual review and improvement of animal welfare processes at slaughter are required to continue to meet evolving general public sentiment.

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Veganism, Hinduism, and Jainism in India

Cited by 6 publications

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Claiming veganism and vegan geographies

Claiming veganism and vegan geographies

Investigation of the effect and relationship of vegan cuisine on gastronomic culture

Animal welfare at slaughter: perceptions and knowledge across cultures

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