Hunting - Philosophy for Everyone (eBook)

Editor NATHAN KOWALSKY is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, St. Joseph's College, University of Alberta. Series Editor FRITZ ALLHOFF is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.

Foreword: Hunting as Philosophy Professor xii
David Petersen

Acknowledgments xvi
Nathan Kowalsky

Picking Up the Trail: An Introduction to Hunting - Philosophy for Everyone 1
Nathan Kowalsky

Part I The Good, The Bad, and The Hunter 9

1 Taking a Shot: Hunting in the Crosshairs 11
Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza

2 But They Can't Shoot Back: What Makes Fair Chase Fair? 23
Theodore R. Vitali

3 A Shot in the Dark: The Dubious Prospects of Environmental Hunting 33
Lisa Kretz

4 Hunting Like a Vegetarian: Same Ethics, Different Flavors 45
Tovar Cerulli

5 What You Can't Learn from Cartoons: Or, How to Go Hunting After Watching Bambi 56
Gregory A. Clark

Part II The Hunter's View of the World 67

6 Hunting for Meaning: A Glimpse of the Game 69
Brian Seitz

7 Getting By with a Little Help from My Hunter: Riding to Hounds in English Foxhound Packs 80
Alison Acton

8 Tracking in Pursuit of Knowledge: Teachings of an Algonquin Anishinabe Bush Hunter 93
Jacob Wawatie and Stephanie Pyne

9 Living with Dead Animals? Trophies as Souvenirs of the Hunt 107
Garry Marvin

Part III Eating Nature Naturally 119

10 The Carnivorous Herbivore: Hunting and Culture in Human Evolution 121
Valerius Geist

11 The Fear of the Lord: Hunting as if the Boss is Watching 134
Janina Duerr

12 Hunting: A Return to Nature? 149
Roger J. H. King

13 The Camera or the Gun: Hunting through Different Lenses 161
Jonathan Parker

14 Flesh, Death, and Tofu: Hunters, Vegetarians, and Carnal Knowledge 171
T. R. Kover

Part IV The Antler Chandelier: Hunting in Culture, Politics, and Tradition 185

15 The Sacred Pursuit: Reflections on the Literature of Hunting 187
Roger Scruton

16 Big Game and Little Sticks: Bowmaking and Bowhunting 198
Kay Koppedrayer

17 Going to the Dogs: Savage Longings in Hunting Art 210
Paula Young Lee

18 The New Artemis? Women Who Hunt 225
Debra Merskin

19 Off the Grid: Rights, Religion, and the Rise of the Eco-Gentry 239
James Carmine

Notes on Contributors 252

"Kowalsky's book does a fine job in showing why there are good
reasons to keep hunting in high esteem, to learn a great deal from
it about human biology and culture, and to eat hunted meat."
(About.com, 25 October 2011)

"Recommended. Academic and general library collections, all
levels." (Choice, 1 March 2011)

"If you don't mind having your convictions challenged or your
viewpoint broadened this book should be on your reading list."
(Alberta Outdoorsmen, 1 May 2011)

"Just as you always see something new, even if you've walked
that forest a hundred times before, certain essays can give you a
glimpse of something you hadn't seen or thought of before. Some of
the essays are even down-right fun to read." (Primitive Archer
Magazine, January 2011)"Nathan Kowalsky provides a forum of
diverse ideas and voices about "hunting" that ensemble, becomes the
most recent attempt that I am aware of at showcasing serious
writers on the "topic." Most of these essays are written with an
intelligent audience in mind, although the reader need not be a
philosopher."( The Trumpeter, 1 December 2010)

"It does provide fresh perspectives by both academic and non
academic authors on a variety of hunting topics such as hunting in
culture, politics and tradition; the relationship of hunting to
nature and human nature and the hoary old topic of hunting
ethics... In my opinion, I found it the most refreshing book of its
kind that I have read in years." (AFRICAN INDABA, November
2008)

"Presenting all these diverse views in one relatively small
book, a mere 258 pages, is a vision implemented, without which,
most readers invested in learning more about hunting, would sorely
miss if they knew their want". (Book Review , 1 December 2010).

There's a really fine essay by the biologist Valerius
Geist on how hunting has played a significant role in human
development. Kay, my wife, contributed an essay on bow-hunting with
self-made equipment. There are other essays on the human-animal
relationship, even a few comparing hunting to vegetarianism. Lots
of other provocative pieces." (Leather Wall,
September 2010)

"If you're interested in sharpening your thinking skills on the
subject of hunting, I've got a great new book for you: Hunting -
Philosophy for Everyone: In Search of the Wild Life." (NorCal
Cazadora, October 2010)

"Featuring contributions from a wide range of academic and
non-academic sources, including both hunters and nonhunters, this
book is for general readers, especially those who hunt ("Hunting
for Meaning: A Glimpse of the Game"), as well as self-professed
"foodies" and vegetarians." (Fishing and Outdoors Newspaper,
October 2010)