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EAN : 9782348068966
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 400
Size : 154 x 240 mm
DEATH AND THE ANIMAL

Collection : SH / Sciences sociales du vivant
Release date : 16/09/2021
How should we understand our ambiguous relationship between nature, somewhere between publicly professed love and violence taken for granted, of which hunting is a prime example? What does hunting have to tell us about humanity which sustains itself on wild animals? Can such a relationship with the living world continue... How should we understand our ambiguous relationship between nature, somewhere between publicly professed love and violence taken for granted, of which hunting is a prime example? What does hunting have to tell us about humanity which sustains itself on wild animals? Can such a relationship with the living world continue in a context of endangered biodiversity and the evolution of attitudes toward animal suffering?
 
As antagonism intensifies between enthusiasts and opponents of hunting, this work interrogates the anthropological and ecological foundations of questions posed by violence done to living things, employing a comparative approach of great breadth to provide an immersive ethnographic investigation and a historical exploration. 
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EAN : 9782348068966
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 400
Size : 154 x 240 mm
La Découverte