Heartsblood : hunting, spirituality, and wildness in America / David Petersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petersen, David, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hunting--Moral and ethical aspects.

Hunting.

Hunting--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xviii, 269 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Hearts blood

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [2000]

Contents:

Preface: Contemplating The Hunter xv

Part I Exploring Hunting's Heritage

1. How Hunting Made (and Helps to Keep) Us Human: A Tribute to Paul Shepard 3

2. Dersu Uzala: A Hunter/Conservationist Paradigm 20

3. Hunting Down the Hunt: Meditations on Jose Ortega y Gasset 31

Part II Worldviews in Conflict

4. Hunters: A Scientific Profile (with Personal Conclusions) 41

5. Antihunters: A Scientific Profile (with Personal Conclusions) 58

6. Hunting for Spirituality: An Oxymoron? 78

7. Heartsblood: Getting Personal 97

8. The Unnatural Predator? Taking Aim at Trophy Hunting 113

9. (Meta) Physician, Heal Thyself! Personal Encounters with Trophy Hunting 127

10. Confessions of a Baby Killer: Exploring the Dark Side of Wildness 141

11. The Bambi Syndrome Dismembered: Why Bambi (and Bambi) Must Die 154

12. Why I Bowhunt: Confessions of a Pleistocene Throwback 170

13. Hydraulic Hunting: Wading the Slippery Waters of "No Kill" Angling 182

Part III Onward, Through the Fog

14. Gender Be Damned: A Woman's View of (Men and) Hunting 197

15. Women and Hunting: A Man's View 206

16. Should Kids Hunt? Reflections on the Past and Future of Hunting 219

17. Bullseye: Process versus Project 236

A Dreamy Postscript: The Wapiti's Message 245.

Notes:

"A Shearwater book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257) and index.

ISBN:

1559637617

1559637625

OCLC:

44019012