Mastery of Non-Mastery in the Age of Meltdown

by Michael Taussig

Book Overview

For centuries, humans have excelled at mimicking nature in order to exploit it. Now, with the existential threat of global climate change on the horizon, the ever-provocative Michael Taussig asks what function a newly invigorated mimetic faculty might exert along with such change. Mastery of Non-Mastery in the Age of Meltdown is not solely a reflection on our condition but also a theoretical effort to reckon with the impulses that have fed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022669867X
• ISBN13: 9780226698670
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"