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Record Nr.

UNINA9910138886503321

Autore

Atkinson Peter <1952->

Titolo

Making game : an essay on hunting, familiar things, and the strangeness of being who one is / / Peter L. Atkinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edmonton, : AU Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-81962-3

9786612819629

1-897425-29-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cultural dialectics, , 1915-836X

Disciplina

179.3

799.292

Soggetti

Hunting - Philosophy

Hunting - Moral and ethical aspects

Hunters - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Zero -- One -- Two -- Three -- Four -- Five -- Six -- Seven -- Eight -- Nine

Sommario/riassunto

Making Game is a mixed-genre composition in which the author reflects on the philosophical and ethical implications of hunting wild game. This engaging essay is informed by the author’s significant background of scholarly engagement with the phenomenological tradition in modern philosophy.