1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452590503321

Autore

Chamayou Grégoire

Titolo

Manhunts [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical history / / Grégoire Chamayou ; translated by Steven Rendall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-51931-3

9786613831767

1-4008-4225-5

Edizione

[Core Textbook]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RendallSteven

Disciplina

303.6

Soggetti

Hunting - Philosophy

Lynching

Minorities - Crimes against

Violence - Philosophy

Noncitizens

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Hunt for Bipedal Cattle -- Chapter 2. Nimrod, or Cynegetic Sovereignty -- Chapter 3. Diseased Sheep and Wolf-Men -- Chapter 4. Hunting Indians -- Chapter 5. Hunting Black Skins -- Chapter 6. The Dialectic of the Hunter and the Hunted -- Chapter 7. Hunting the Poor -- Chapter 8. Police Hunts -- Chapter 9. The Hunting Pack and Lynching -- Chapter 10. Hunting Foreigners -- Chapter 11. Hunting Jews -- Chapter 12. Hunting Illegals -- CONCLUSION -- POSTSCRIPT -- NOTES -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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. Chamayou begins in ancient Greece, where young Spartans hunted and killed Helots (Sparta's serfs) as an initiation rite, and where Aristotle and other philosophers helped to justify raids to capture and enslave foreigners by creating the concept of natural slaves. He discusses the hunt for heretics in the Middle Ages; New World natives in the early modern period; vagrants, Jews, criminals, and runaway slaves in other eras; and illegal immigrants today. Exploring evolving ideas about the human and the subhuman, what we owe to enemies and people on the margins of society, and the supposed legitimacy of domination, Chamayou shows that the hunting of humans should not be treated ahistorically, and that manhunting has varied as widely in its justifications and aims as in its practices. He investigates the psychology of manhunting, noting that many people, from bounty hunters to Balzac, have written about the thrill of hunting when the prey is equally intelligent and cunning. An unconventional history on an unconventional subject, Manhunts is an in-depth consideration of the dynamics of an age-old form of violence.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910145900903321

Autore

Tinsley Ian J. <1929->

Titolo

Chemical concepts in pollutant behavior [[electronic resource] /] / Ian J. Tinsley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley Interscience, c2004

ISBN

1-280-34599-3

9786610345991

0-471-66716-1

0-471-66717-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Disciplina

577.27

Soggetti

Agricultural chemicals - Environmental aspects

Pollution - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Wiley-Interscience publication."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



Nota di contenuto

CHEMICAL CONCEPTS IN POLLUTANT BEHAVIOR; CONTENTS; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Physical Chemical Parameters; 3. Sorption; 4. Evaporation; 5. Absorption and Bioconcentration; 6. Photochemical Processes; 7. Redox Processes; 8. Hydroloysis; 9. Metabolic Transformation; 10. Synthesis; Appendix; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Chemical Concepts in Pollutant Behavior demonstrates how the properties of a chemical determine its fate and distribution in the environment. Over the past thirty years the author has worked with colleagues on addressing problems associated with chemicals, particularly pesticides, and it has become evident how important a chemical perspective can be in understanding and minimizing these problems.Now in a newly updated second edition, this accessible text requires only a basic understanding of chemistry. Classroom tested, it is an excellent resource for students and professionals working in