Devil and commodity fetishism in south america, the
Auteur :
Taussig, Michael T.
Éditeur :
The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN :
9780807871331
Date de publication :
30 mars 2010
Dimensions :
23,1 x 15,4 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
445 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.