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Manhunts - A Philosophical History

English · Hardback

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Zusatztext "Easily accessible despite being packed with multi-facetted philosophical discussions and layers of archival treasures. . . . I read the book in what seemed like a single, long, fascinated breath." ---Gitte du Plessis, Theory & Event Informationen zum Autor Grégoire ChamayouTranslated by Steven Rendall Klappentext "'Man, wolf to man?' Brecht asked the question, Chamayou provides a brilliant and terrifying answer." --Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz and Planet of Slums "From manhunting for sport in the Occident to the global search for 'illegal aliens' in the twenty-first century, this book offers a history of humans' preying on other human beings. Applying the rubric of hunting to contemporary debates about illegal migrants, Chamayou shows that the supposedly newest hunt refreshes an old motif. A provocative take on a topic of great currency." --Jimmy Casas Klausen, University of Wisconsin-Madison Zusammenfassung Looks at the hunting of humans in the West, from ancient Sparta, through the Middle Ages, to the modern practices of chasing undocumented migrants. This title provides the historical events and philosophical reflection. It also investigates the psychology of manhunting. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1 The Hunt for Bipedal Cattle 4 CHAPTER 2 Nimrod! or Cynegetic Sovereignty 11 CHAPTER 3 Diseased Sheep and Wolf-Men 19 CHAPTER 4 Hunting Indians 29 CHAPTER 5 Hunting Black Skins 43 CHAPTER 6 The Dialectic of the Hunter and the Hunted 57 CHAPTER 7 Hunting the Poor 78 CHAPTER 8 Police Hunts 87 CHAPTER 9 The Hunting Pack and Lynching 99 CHAPTER 10 Hunting Foreigners 109 CHAPTER 11 Hunting Jews 120 CHAPTER 12 Hunting Illegals 134 conclusion 149 postscript 155 Notes 157 Index 185

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