· 2020· Book chapter
Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing
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Short summary
Michael Taussig's book argues that the image of the 'Wild Man' associated with Indian shamans reveals the power of politicizing fictions to create perceived reality, rather than the shaman's inherent magic.
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Key points
- The 'Wild Man' image of Indian shamans is a construct of politicizing fictions.
- These fictions create the effect of the real, rather than reflecting shamanic magic.
- The book investigates the perpetration and interpretation of evil, torture, and terror.
- It utilizes a wide range of arcane literary, journalistic, and biographical data.
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Abstract
Working with the image of the Indian shaman as Wild Man, 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
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Field: Anthropology
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