Toronto Vegetarian Association and the History of Vegetarianism
Type
Thesis
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Category
General Interest
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Publication Year
2006
Pages
62
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Focusing on the mid-1950s, this thesis argues that the history of the TVA reflected unique postwar circumstances as well as ancient and recent vegetarian traditions. A comparative history of vegetarianism reveals that it has never solely been an issue of diet. It has always entailed a broad ethic involving issues such as human health, purity of body and mind, compassion towards animals, moral conduct, concern for the natural environment, non-violence and peace among humans, and a holistic, non-dualistic worldview.
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