Not Just Tobacco: Health Scares, Medical Paternalism and Individual Liberty
- ISBN-10
- 1537250493
- ISBN-13
- 9781537250496
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-08-23
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Chris Tame
Description
Chris Tame (1949-2006) was the Founder and Director of the Libertarian Alliance, and was the most prominent British libertarian of his age. Between 1990 and 1995, he directed the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco (FOREST) The current war against tobacco should not be seen as an isolated phenomenon. Indeed it cannot be understood fully - or effectively criticised - outside of a much broader context, including those of ethics, political ideology, the nature of special interest groups, class conflict, and the nature of science, amongst others. In this book, the war against tobacco is placed in the context of the myriad other health scares and paternalist campaigns that seem to monopolise so much of the media's space and attention. Contents: PREFACE BY SEAN GABB (2016) I: INTRODUCTION II: PROPAGANDA AND THE INDIVIDUAL III: ON FOOD FASCISM 1: Food Fascism as Surrogate Socialism 2: The Institutionalisation and Assumptions of Food Fascism 3: Food Scares - 57 Varieties? 4: The Realities of Health and Diet 5: The Cholesterol Cacophony 6: The Salt Scare 7: The Fibre Furore 8: The Sugar Scam 9: The Coffee Campaign 10: Listeriosis and Salmonella Scares 11: Mad Cow Disease (BSE) 12: Irradiation of Food 14: The War against McDonalds 15: The Real Politics of Food i: The National Food Alliance ii: The Food Commission iii: The Lancet iv: Other Groups 15: The Continuity of Food Fascism 16: Political Vegetarianism IV: THE WAR AGAINST ALCOHOL 1: Policy Claims Analysed 2: The Campaigning Groups V: THE WAR AGAINST BOXING VI: THE WAR AGAINST GAMBLING VI: "A PLAGUE OF HOBGOBLINS": THE DANGERS OF EVERYTHING 1: Everything? 2: Fragrance Fascism 3: Breast Implants 4: The Video Games Scare 5: The Electro Magnetic Radiation Scare 6: The Dental Mercury Scare VIII: THE CRITIQUE OF HEALTH SCARES AND STATE PATERNALISM 1: The Discourse of Fear: Recurrent Themes in Health Scare Propaganda 2: The Religion of Health and the New Class 3: The Complexity of Science 4: The Corruption of Science 5: The Corruption of the Media 6: The Puerility of the Business Response 7: The Moral and Political Critique Notes
