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Addendum do przewodnika po współczującym myślistwie
Addendum to the compassionate hunter’s guidebook

Author(s): Dariusz Gzyra
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Human Ecology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: hunting; animals; killing; veganism; compassion

Summary/Abstract: Miles Olson is the author of two books: „The Compassionate Hunter’s Guidebook: Hunting from the Heart and „Unlearn, Rewild: Earth Skills, Ideas and Inspiration for the Future Primitive”. The paper consists of a critical analysis and an ethical evaluation of Olson’s particular version of anarcho-primitivism and ideological assumptions of his concept of “rewilding”. The question of hunting and the motives for Olson’s rejection of veganism are analyzed in detail.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 163-179
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish