El retorno de Mateo Mina a la selva sin ley

Michael Taussig is one the most influential English-speaking anthropologists working on Colombia. Based upon his Law in a Lawless Land, the author of the present essay evaluates Taussig’s work as a foreign scholar who reproduces and underlines in his anthropology —both methodologically and in his wr...

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Main Author: Carlos Alberto Uribe Tobón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá) 2006-06-01
Series:Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología
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Online Access:http://antipoda.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/23/1.php
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spelling doaj-e213fd7ee6e749a1afade1c2908f01542020-11-24T22:09:53ZengUniversidad de los Andes (Bogotá)Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología1900-54072006-06-012127153El retorno de Mateo Mina a la selva sin leyCarlos Alberto Uribe TobónMichael Taussig is one the most influential English-speaking anthropologists working on Colombia. Based upon his Law in a Lawless Land, the author of the present essay evaluates Taussig’s work as a foreign scholar who reproduces and underlines in his anthropology —both methodologically and in his writing— a series of representations of power and violence in Colombia. The essay is a critical analysis of what an anthropologist is to be within a contemporary setting of war, pain, and suffering.http://antipoda.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/23/1.phpMichael TaussigColombiarepresentations on violenceWalter Benjamin.
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author Carlos Alberto Uribe Tobón
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El retorno de Mateo Mina a la selva sin ley
Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología
Michael Taussig
Colombia
representations on violence
Walter Benjamin.
author_facet Carlos Alberto Uribe Tobón
author_sort Carlos Alberto Uribe Tobón
title El retorno de Mateo Mina a la selva sin ley
title_short El retorno de Mateo Mina a la selva sin ley
title_full El retorno de Mateo Mina a la selva sin ley
title_fullStr El retorno de Mateo Mina a la selva sin ley
title_full_unstemmed El retorno de Mateo Mina a la selva sin ley
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publisher Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá)
series Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología
issn 1900-5407
publishDate 2006-06-01
description Michael Taussig is one the most influential English-speaking anthropologists working on Colombia. Based upon his Law in a Lawless Land, the author of the present essay evaluates Taussig’s work as a foreign scholar who reproduces and underlines in his anthropology —both methodologically and in his writing— a series of representations of power and violence in Colombia. The essay is a critical analysis of what an anthropologist is to be within a contemporary setting of war, pain, and suffering.
topic Michael Taussig
Colombia
representations on violence
Walter Benjamin.
url http://antipoda.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/23/1.php
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