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list price: $24.99
edition:eBook
category: Sports & Recreation
published: Jan 2009
ISBN:9781897425299
publisher:
Athabasca University Press
imprint:
AU Press
Description
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.
Contributor Notes
Peter L. Atkinson received his doctorate in philosophy (1999) and his master of fine arts in English Poetry (1993) from the University of California at Irvine. He lives in New Mexico.
Editorial Review
“A bold narrative and philosophical ramble through subjects ranging from hunting, to the natures of consciousness and erotic desire, to ancient literature and philosophy, to the meaning of parenthood and family.”
