Hunting : philosophy for everyone : in search of the wild life

Kowalsky, Nathan. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 1444335693 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781444335699 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xvii, 258 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

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Picking up the trail : an introduction to hunting - philosophy fo reveryone / Nathan Kowalsky -- Part I. The good, the bad, and the hunter -- ch. 1. Taking a shot : hunting in the crosshairs / Jesus Ilundain-Argurruza -- ch.2. But they can't shoot back : what makes fair chase fair? / Theodore R. Vitali -- ch. 3. A shot in the dark : the dubious prospects of environmental hunting / Lisa Kretz -- ch. 4. Hunting like a vegetarian : some ethics, different flavors / Tovar Cerulli -- ch. 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 -- ch. 6. Hunting for meaning : a glimpse of the game / Brian Seitz -- ch. 7. Getting by with a little help from my hunter : riding to hounds in English foxhound packs / Alison Acton -- ch. 8. Tracking in pursuit of knowledge : teachings of an Algonquin Anishinabe bush hunter / Jacob Wawatie and Stephanie Pyne -- ch. 9. Living with dead animals? trophies as souvenirs of the hunt / Garry Marvin -- Part III. Eating nature naturally -- ch. 10. The carnivorous herbivore : hunting and culture in human evolution / Valerius Geist -- ch. 11. The fear of the Lord : hunting as if the boss is watching / Janina Duerr -- ch. 12. Hunting : a return to nature? / Roger J. H. King -- ch. 13. The camera or the gun : hunting through different lenses / Jonathan Parker -- ch. 14. Flesh, death, and tofu : hunters, vegetarians, and carnal knowledge / T. R. Kover -- Part IV. The antler chandelier : hunting in culture, politics, and tradition -- ch. 15. The sacred pursuit : reflections on the literature of hunting / Roger Scruton -- ch. 16. Big game and little sticks : bowmaking and bowhunting / Kay Koppedrayer -- ch. 17. Going to the dogs : savage longings in hunting art / Paula Young Lee -- ch. 18. The new artemis? women who hunt / Debra Merskin -- ch. 19. Off the grid : rights, religion, and the rise of the eco-gentry / James Carmine.