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In September 1940, Walter Benjamin committed suicide in Port Bou on the Spanish-French border whe...

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'For a long time, we humans have excelled in mimicking nature with the goal of exploiting it. Now...

When the attempt to translate something into sound and meaning fails or is only partially success...

Set in the enchanted mountain of a spirit-queen presiding over an unnamed, postcolonial country, ...

In a series of intriguing essays ranging over terror, State fetishism, shamanic healing in Latin ...

In this classic book, Michael Taussig explores the social significance of the devil in the folklo...

In this ambitious and accomplished work, Taussig explores the complex and interwoven concepts of ...

In his most ambitious and accomplished work to date, Michael Taussig undertakes a history of mime...

Set in the enchanted mountain of a spirit-queen presiding over an unnamed, postcolonial country, ...

This ambitious work explores the complex and interwoven concepts of mimesis, the practice of imit...