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When early travellers returned from India with
news of the country’s
vegetarians, they triggered a crisis in the European conscience.
In
his first book, Tristram Stuart recounts the explosive results of
an
enduring cultural exchange between East and West and tells of
puritanical insurgents, Hinduphiles, scientists and philosophers
who embraced a radical agenda of reform. These visionaries
dissented from the entrenched custom of meat-eating and
sought to overthrow a rapacious consumer society. Their legacy
is apparent today. Tristram Stuart will present a rich cornucopia
of 17th and 18th century travel, adventure, radical politics, literature
and philosophy reaching forward into the 20th century with the
vegetarian ideologies of Hitler and Ghandi.
Tristram Stuart graduated from Cambridge in 1999 with a double
first in English, winning numerous academic prizes. Since then he
has been a freelance writer for Indian newspapers, a contributing
editor/researcher on a book about Himalayan nomads, a project
manager in Kosovo and, most recently, a prominent critic of the
food industry. He has made regular contributions to television
documentary, radio and newspaper debate on the social and
environmental aspects of food.
Members’ Priority Booking Period to 1 November then open
to the public. Asia House Members and concs £4,
Non-members £7 Tickets available from
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
enquiries@asiahouse.co.uk mailto:enquiries@asiahouse.co.uk
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