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Hunting - Philosophy for Everyone: In Search of the Wild Life

Fritz Allhoff (Series Editor), Nathan Kowalsky (Editor), David Petersen (Foreword by)
ISBN: 978-1-4443-3569-9
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280 pages
August 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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Foreword: Hunting as Philosophy (David Petersen).

Picking Up the Trail: An Introduction to Hunting - Philosophy for Everyone (Nathan Kowalsky).

Part I: The Good, the Bad, and the Hunter.

1 Taking a Shot: Hunting in the Crosshairs (Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza).

2 But They Can't Shoot Back: What Makes Fair Chase Fair? (Theodore Vitali).

3 A Shot in the Dark: The Dubious Prospects of Environmental Hunting (Lisa Kretz).

4 Hunting Like a Vegetarian: Same Ethics, Different Flavors (Tovar Cerulli).

5 What You Can't Learn from Cartoons: Or, How to go Hunting After Watching Bambi (Gregory A. Clark).

 Part II: The Hunter's View of the World.

6 Hunting for Meaning: A Glimpse of the Game (Brian Seitz).

7 Getting By with a Little Help from My Hunter: Riding to Hounds in English Foxhound Packs (Alison Acton).

8 Tracking in Pursuit of Knowledge: Teachings of an Algonquin Anishinabe Bush Hunter (Jacob Wawatie and Stephanie Pyne).

9 Living with Dead Animals? Trophies as Souvenirs of the Hunt (Garry Marvin).

Part III: Eating Nature Naturally.

10 The Carnivorous Herbivore: Hunting and Culture in Human Evolution (Valerius Geist).

11 The Fear of the Lord: Hunting as if the Boss is Watching (Janina Duerr).

12 Hunting: A Return to Nature? (Roger J. H. King).

13 The Camera or the Gun: Hunting through Different Lenses (Jonathan Parker).

14 Flesh, Death and Tofu: Hunters, Vegetarians and Carnal Knowledge (T.R. Kover).

Part IV: The Antler Chandelier: Hunting in Culture, Politics and Tradition.

15 The Sacred Pursuit: Reflections on the Literature of Hunting (Roger Scruton).

16 Big Game and Little Sticks: Bow Making and Bow Hunting (Kay Koppedrayer).

17 Going to the Dogs: Savage Longings in Hunting Art (Paula Young Lee).

18 The New Artemis? Women Who Hunt (Debra Merskin).

19 Off the Grid: Rights, Religion and the Rise of the Eco-Gentry (James Carmine).

Notes on Contributors.

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