{"product_id":"the-magic-of-the-state-paperback","title":"The Magic of the State - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Taussig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the enchanted mountain of a spirit-queen presiding over an unnamed, postcolonial country, this ethnographic work of ficto-criticism recreates in written form the shrines by which the dead--notably the fetishized forms of Europe's Others, Indians and Blacks--generate the magical powers of the modern state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Magic Of The State focuses on the theater of spirit possession at a Spirit Queen's enchanted mountain where the dead--Blacks and Indians, Europe's fetishized others--pass into the bodies of the living, creating a circulation of ecstatic bodily power. The Magic Of The State envisions power's violence, but also its adjection and attraction. This work is, in the surrealist tradition, a kind of defacement of power, and of the sacred underpinnings of modern sovereignty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Taussig\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches in the Anthropology Department at Columbia University. He is the author, most recently, of \u003cem\u003eThe Nervous System\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMimesis and Alterity, \u003c\/em\u003e both published by Routledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.96 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736880812095,"sku":"9780415917919","price":120.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/40cf965978031a7955ed5108740aa6c1.webp?v=1765148161","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-magic-of-the-state-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}