Manhunts: a philosophical history
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Main Author: Chamayou, Grégoire (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton Princeton University Press ©2012
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
The Hunt for Bipedal Cattle -- Nimrod, or Cynegetic Sovereignty -- Diseased Sheep and Wolf-Men -- Hunting Indians -- Hunting Black Skins -- The Dialectic of the Hunter and the Hunted -- Hunting the Poor -- Police Hunts -- The Hunting Pack and Lynching -- Hunting Foreigners -- Hunting Jews -- Hunting Illegals
Touching on issues of power, authority, and domination, Manhunts takes an in-depth look at the hunting of humans in the West, from ancient Sparta, through the Middle Ages, to the modern practices of chasing undocumented migrants. Incorporating historical events and philosophical reflection, Grégoire Chamayou examines the systematic and organized search for individuals and small groups on the run because they have defied authority, committed crimes, seemed dangerous simply for existing, or been categorized as subhuman or dispensable
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (191 pages)
ISBN:1400842255
9780691151656
9781400842254

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