The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9780807871331ISBN-10:807871338UPC:9780807871331Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:AnthropologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCX91NRWT7
In this classic book, Michael Taussig explores the social significance of the devil in the folklore of contemporary plantation workers and miners in South America. Grounding his analysis in Marxist theory, Taussig finds that the fetishization of evil, in the image of the devil, mediates the conflict between precapitalist and capitalist modes of objectifying the human condition. He links traditional narratives of the devil-pact, in which the soul is bartered for illusory or transitory power, with the way in which production in capitalist economies causes workers to become alienated from the commodities they produce. A new chapter for this anniversary edition features a discussion of Walter Benjamin and Georges Bataille that extends Taussig's ideas about the devil-pact metaphor.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9780807871331ISBN-10:807871338UPC:9780807871331Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:AnthropologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCX91NRWT7
Taussig, Michael T.: - Michael T. Taussig is professor of anthropology at Columbia University. He is author of ten books, including What Color Is the Sacred? and Walter Benjamin's Grave.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
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30th Anniversary Edition
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