Description
Book SynopsisLooks at the hunting of humans in the West, from ancient Sparta, through the Middle Ages, to the modern practices of chasing undocumented migrants. This title provides the historical events and philosophical reflection. It also investigates the psychology of manhunting.
Trade ReviewFinalist for the 2012 - 26th Annual Translation Prize in Nonfiction, French-American Foundation & Florence Gould Foundation "Manhunts is an unusual and stimulating essay... The strength of the book lies in its refusal to treat manhunting as a metaphor. Chamayou instead focuses on the concrete violence of predation, tracking, banishment, captivity, confinement, and the murderousness that goes along with them."--Jean Berard, Books and Ideas "Easily accessible despite being packed with multi-facetted philosophical discussions and layers of archival treasures... I read the book in what seemed like a single, long, fascinated breath."--Gitte du Plessis, Theory & Event
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 CHAPTER 1 The Hunt for Bipedal Cattle 4 CHAPTER 2 Nimrod, or Cynegetic Sovereignty 11 CHAPTER 3 Diseased Sheep and Wolf-Men 19 CHAPTER 4 Hunting Indians 29 CHAPTER 5 Hunting Black Skins 43 CHAPTER 6 The Dialectic of the Hunter and the Hunted 57 CHAPTER 7 Hunting the Poor 78 CHAPTER 8 Police Hunts 87 CHAPTER 9 The Hunting Pack and Lynching 99 CHAPTER 10 Hunting Foreigners 109 CHAPTER 11 Hunting Jews 120 CHAPTER 12 Hunting Illegals 134 conclusion 149 postscript 155 Notes 157 Index 185
