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.

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Subjects: Social Science , Economics , Political Science , Sociology , Anthropology , Law , Religion & Culture Study , International Relations , Development Studies , Public Administration , Population Science , English Literature , History , Psychiatry , Psychology , Mass-Communication and Journalism

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

ISBN/ASIN	9780226790138
Author/Editor	Michael Taussig
Publisher	The University of Chicago Press
Publishing Year	1997
Edition	1st
Book Format	Paperback
Language	English
Warranty Type	No Warranty

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