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Mastery of Non-Mastery in the Age of Meltdown (Hardcover)
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Mastery of Non-Mastery in the Age of Meltdown (Hardcover)
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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 our relentless
ambition for dominance over nature. Taussig seeks to move us away
from the manipulation of nature and reorient us to different
metaphors and sources of inspiration to develop a new ethical
stance toward the world. His ultimate goal is to undo his readers'
sense of control and engender what he calls "mastery of
non-mastery." This unique book developed out of Taussig's work with
peasant agriculture and his artistic practice, which brings
performance art together with aspects of ritual. Through immersive
meditations on Walter Benjamin, D. H. Lawrence, Emerson, Bataille,
and Proust, Taussig grapples with the possibility of collapse and
with the responsibility we bear for it.
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