Mimesis and Alterity: A Particular History of the Senses - Brossura

Taussig, Michael

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ISBN 10: 1138242985 ISBN 13: 9781138242982

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2018

Riassunto

In this ambitious and accomplished work, Taussig explores the complex and interwoven concepts of mimesis, the practice of imitation, and alterity, the opposition of Self and Other. The book moves from the nineteenth-century invention of mimetically capacious machines, such as the camera, to the fable of colonial ‘first contact’ and the alleged mimetic power of ‘primitives’. Twenty years after the original publication, Taussig revisits the work in a new preface which contextualises the impact of Mimesis and Alterity. Drawing on the ideas of Benjamin, Adorno and Horckheimer and ethnographic accounts of the Cuna, Taussig demonstrates how the history of mimesis is deeply tied to colonialism and the idea of alterity has become increasingly unstable. Vigorous and unorthodox, this cross-cultural discussion continues to deepen our understanding of the relationship between ethnography, racism and society.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Michael Taussig is 1933 Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, USA, and is affiliated with the European Graduate School in Switzerland.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1138242985
• ISBN 13: 9781138242982
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 246