strategy
Fasting
Synonyms:
Voluntary abstinence from food Description:
Abstaining voluntarily from food and/or drink for reasons of religion, or social protest.
Context:
Among almost all peoples fasting is a method of making contact with the supernatural, of personal sacrifice and of divine propitiation of purifying one's self before important events; evoking mystical experiences or revelation; or of providing social pressure on an individual or group to recognize a social injustice, pay a debt, yield a point, or grant a request.
Implementation:
The amount of publicity depends on the purpose of the fast. Fasting as a means of social pressure requires that the group toward whom the fast is directed know about the fast and the progress of it. There needs to be belief that a negative social or moral effect will result should the person fasting die.
Counter Claim:
Fasting without an appropriate social and moral climate is a meaningless activity.
Broader:
Abstaining Narrower:
Refusing to eat Constrains:
Eating Facilitates:
Atoning for sin Problems:
StarvationValues:
VoluntaryAbstinenceInvoluntary Organizations:
International Society for Ramadan Fasting Research Subjects:
Amenities → FoodHealth Care → Nutrition
Social Activity → Voluntary
Societal Problems → Addiction, drug abuse
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
