The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America - Brossura

Taussig, Michael T.

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ISBN 10: 0807871338 ISBN 13: 9780807871331

Casa editrice: The University of North Carolina Press, 2010

Riassunto

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.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

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.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

In this classic book, Taussig explores the social significance of the devil in the folklore of contemporary plantation workers and miners in South America. A new chapter for this anniversary edition features a discussion of Walter Benjamin and Georges Bataille that extends some of the ideas discussed in the original text.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: The University of North Carolina Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0807871338
• ISBN 13: 9780807871331
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 316