Mimesis and Alterity: A Particular History of the Senses John Banville Their courage is their only

Their courage is their only weapon in the oppressive world that has kept them silent

This edition uses a brand-new translation that recreates the author’s original intentions

interrupts sleep

there’s a sleeping dragon hidden there

Mimesis and Alterity: A Particular History of the Senses John Banville Their courage is their onlyIn his most ambitious and accomplished work to date, Michael Taussig undertakes a history of mimesis, the practice of imitation, and its relation to alterity, the opposition of Self and Other. Drawing upon such diverse sources as theories of Benjamin, Adorno and Horckheimer, research on the Cuna Indians, and theories of colonialism and postcolonialism, Taussig shows that the history of mimesis is deeply tied to colonialism, and more specifically, to