Coffee - Philosophy for Everyone
Grounds for Debate
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- $23.99
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- $23.99
Publisher Description
Offering philosophical insights into the popular morning brew, Coffee -- Philosophy for Everyone kick starts the day with an entertaining but critical discussion of the ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and culture of coffee. Matt Lounsbury of pioneering business Stumptown Coffee discusses just how good coffee can be Caffeine-related chapters cover the ethics of the coffee trade, the metaphysics of coffee and the centrality of the coffee house to the public sphere Includes a foreword by Donald Schoenholt, President at Gillies Coffee Company
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
From the storied history of the world's obsession with the stimulating brew, to an exploration of J rgen Habermas' dissection of the public sphere as it relates to coffee drinkers, to the declension of standards of "Fair Trade" labeling, this snappy volume reaches in every direction for the truth when it comes to how thinking people, particularly in the U.S., relate to coffee, both philosophically and practically. In interesting, educational, and often funny selections, we learn facts both surprising (most coffee farmers and people living in coffee-growing regions have no idea why anyone would want to drink the stuff) and rudimentary. On the dark side, contributions that deal with the ethics of coffee consumption lead to a better understanding of what fair trade means for farmers and why it's important. On the light side, future coffee snobs will learn how to tell the difference between their roasts (and will be introduced to a $100/pound bean). This is more sociology than philosophy, but a smattering of deep (enough) thoughts from the likes of Hume, Bourdieu, Kant, and others will keep true addicts of both coffee and philosophy stimulated.
