Manhunts : a philosophical history / Grégoire Chamayou ; translated by Steven Rendall.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Chasses à l'homme. English
Main Author: Chamayou, Grégoire
Language:English
Language of the Original:
French
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Violence > Philosophy.
Hunting > Philosophy.
Minorities > Crimes against.
Lynching.
Physical Description:191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.