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""If Hunter S. Thompson had been trained by Boas in anthropology, Engels in economics, and Arendt in philosophy, he might write something like Taussig."" - Publishers Weekly ""Blending fact and fiction, ethnographic observation, archival history, literary theory and memoir, his books read more like beatnik novels than somber analyses of other cultures."" - New York Times""

If Hunter S. Thompson had been trained by Boas in anthropology, Engels in economics, and Arendt in philosophy, he might write something like Taussig. - Publishers Weekly Blending fact and fiction, ethnographic observation, archival history, literary theory and memoir, his books read more like beatnik novels than somber analyses of other cultures. - New York Times

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Michael Taussig is professor of anthropology at Columbia University. He is the author of nine books, including Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man; Law in a Lawless Land; and My Cocaine Museum, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

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