“You’re Eating Too Fast!” On Disequality and an Ethos of ConviviumFootnote*

* Versions of this paper were presented at the Trent University Philosophy Society (Peterborough, Canada), the Canadian Society for Italian Studies International Conference (Trieste, Italy), and at “The Politics of Food, Taste and Time” panel of the 2006 meeting of the American Political Science Association (Philadelphia, USA). I would like to thank Jane Bennett, Bonnie Honig, Patchen Markell and John McCormick for their comments, criticisms and for agreeing to participate on an extremely convivial APSA panel. In this regard my gratitude also goes to Werlen Hansjakob, the Philadelphia Slow Food Convivium leader, for providing victuals. This essay was written with generous support from the Canada Research Chairs program and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard Research Grant.

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