Paradigms for Philosophy of Food Politics

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Rohollah eslami

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

10.22067/ips.2026.94656.1013

Abstract

Politics is the planning and orientation that draws the intelligence of human communities to achieve different goals. Politics is a platform where players have the power to try to direct the game according to their own interests. Actors such as governments, organizations, parties, classes, movements, and companies make meaningful issues based on the terminal points they have outlined for themselves. Food is one of the most crucial aspects of human life. What is a healthy and standard food? What are the health regimes and the epistemic systems governing food diversity or plurality? What should be the bases for water, soil, seeds, and food management, and also for the food distribution systems? It all stems from the political philosophy often underlying food policies. What kind of epistemic devices and networks of thought do food policymakers in the world refer to? In this paper, drawing on the theoretical paradigm framework developed by Thomas Kuhn and the normative approach, we analyze eight main philosophical paradigms in relation to food policy. In a sense, there are eight philosophical paradigms in the existing world food policy; depending on the epistemology or ideological apparatus (political apparatus), each political actor has a different type of thought and action.

Keywords

Food policy

political philosophy

paradigm

epistemology

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