Entre Degout Et Indignation Morale: Sociogenese D'une Pratique Militante

In: Revue française de science politique, Volume 62, Issue 4, p. 559-581

Abstract

This article aims to show how the conversion to a vegetarian diet is an empirical material most relevant to the sociology of collective mobilization and activism. It draws on 39 interviews with animal rights activists who refuse to eat meat or other products derived from the exploitation of animals. This empirical material is used to specify the categories of analysis needed to take into account the affective dimensions of activist commitments. The perspective attempts to best describe the multiple and complementary dimensions of activists work and careers. Adapted from the source document.