Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing
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Working with the image of the Indian shaman as Wild Man, Taussig reveals not the magic of the shaman but that of the politicizing fictions creating the effect of the real. "This extraordinary book . . . will encourage ever more critical and creative explorations."--Fernando Coronil, I]American Journal of Sociology /I] "Taussig has brought a formidable collection of data from arcane literary, journalistic, and biographical sources to bear on . . . questions of evil, torture, and politically institutionalized hatred and terror. His intent is laudable, and much of the book is brilliant, both in its discovery of how particular people perpetrated evil and others interpreted it."--Stehen G. Bunker, Social Science Quarterly
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226790134
ISBN13:9780226790138
Release Date:December 1991
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:538 Pages
Weight:1.69 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
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Difficult, but worth the effort.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Michael Taussig takes a stance towards "terrorism" not common in today's world. By trying to trace the roots of this phenomenon, he brings to light many explanations and understandings many of us fail to realize, only because we have not come across them before. I give this book four stars instead of five simply because it is a difficult read, but if you are interested in what we, today, call "terrorism" and are willing to take the time to plunge into this book, then it will certainly be worth your while.
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