David Inglis is Professor of Sociology at the University of Exeter. He holds degrees from the Universities of Cambridge and York and is an Academician of the United Kingdom Academy of Social Sciences. He holds visiting positions at various European universities, including Rome and Salerno, and co-edits a book series on cultural sociology with Yale University. Inglis has written a wide range of books and articles in the areas of globalization, art, culture, the human body, food and wine, and social theory and philosophy. He is founding editor of the international academic journal Cultural Sociology.