%0 Journal Article
%T D¨¦sordre ¨¦cologique, d¨¦sordre biologique et social / GMOs in Tunisia.
%A Ridha Abdmouleh
%J Anthropology of Food
%D 2009
%I Anthropology of Food
%X La majorit¨¦ du public manifeste une r¨¦ticence voire une opposition face aux produits g¨¦n¨¦tiquement modifi¨¦s. Quant aux arguments avanc¨¦s ¨¤ ce propos, la sant¨¦ occupe la place centrale. En ce sens, ces produits sont consid¨¦r¨¦s comme des entit¨¦s pathog¨¨nes qui nuisent ¨¤ la sant¨¦ du consommateur, menacent sa vie et celle des futures g¨¦n¨¦rations. Ce qui nourrit le sentiment de peur des OGM (ou organismes g¨¦n¨¦tiquement modifi¨¦s), c'est aussi leur caract¨¨re   mal¨¦fique  , global et irr¨¦versible. Car ces produits, en affectant la faune et la flore, portent atteinte ¨¤ l'¨¦quilibre de l'¨¦cosyst¨¨me et ¨¤ la matrice de la vie. Outre ces risques sur la sant¨¦ et sur l'¨¦quilibre de l'¨¦cosyst¨¨me, les OGM sont repr¨¦sent¨¦s comme une atteinte ¨¤ l'int¨¦grit¨¦ du pays. En ce sens, ils engendrent la d¨¦possession de ses richesses et de ses sp¨¦cificit¨¦s culturelles, par cons¨¦quent sa mis¨¨re et sa subordination aux puissances ¨¦trang¨¨res et aux multinationales d¨¦tentrices des OGM. Toutes ces consid¨¦rations font des OGM le synonyme d'un d¨¦sordre naturel et social. Certains vont jusqu'¨¤ les qualifier de   mal total   ou de   v¨¦ritable d¨¦sastre  . L'une des conclusions de l'¨¦tude est que le discours populaire relatif aux OGM serait la transposition d'un v¨¦cu social contest¨¦ et le reflet d'un rapport conflictuel ¨¤ la soci¨¦t¨¦ moderne. Most people are reticent, even opposed to Genetically Modified products. Among reasons against GMOs we find that health occupies the most important place: such products are considered as harmful entities for consumers' health, a threat to their life and to future generations. What also feeds the feeling of fear towards GMOs is their ¡°evil¡±, global, irreversible and evolutionary nature since these products, by affecting fauna and flora, can unbalance the ecosystem equilibrium and the core of life. Apart from the danger they represent for the ecosystem, GMOs are perceived as being a threat to the country's integrity, leading to social and cultural misery as well as to the subordination of the country itself to foreign powers and to multinationals, which detain GMOs. All these considerations make GMOs comparable to a natural, economic, social, cultural, and moral disaster. One of the conclusions of the survey is that the public debate about GMOs could be the transposition of a contested social situation as well as the reflection of a controversial relationship to modern society.
%K science
%K transgenic food
%K GMOs
%K representations of health
%K environment
%K ecological risk
%K alimentary risk
%K environmental sociology
%K aliment transg¨¦nique
%K OGM
%K repr¨¦sentations de la sant¨¦
%K environnement
%K risque alimentaire
%K risque ¨¦cologique
%K sociologie de l'environnement
%K science
%U http://aof.revues.org/5413