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Mastery of Non- Mastery in the Age of Meltdown Taussig_9780226684581 i 1/19/2020 04:55:24 PM Taussig_9780226684581 ii 1/19/2020 04:55:24 PM MASTERY OF NON- MASTERY IN THE AGE Michael OF MELTDOWN Taussig The University of Chicago Press Chicago and London Taussig_9780226684581 iii 1/19/2020 04:55:24 PM The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2020 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. For more information, contact the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637. Published 2020 Printed in the United States of America 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 1 2 3 4 5 ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 68458- 1 (cloth) ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 69867- 0 (paper) ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 69870- 0 (e- book) DOI: https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226698700.001.0001 Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Taussig, Michael T., author. Title: Mastery of non- mastery in the age of meltdown / Michael Taussig. Description: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019046588 | ISBN 9780226684581 (cloth) | ISBN 9780226698670 (paperback) | ISBN 9780226698700 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Human ecology—Philosophy. | Nature and civilization. | Civilization, Modern—21st century. | Human ecology in art. Classification: LCC GF21 .T38 2020 | DDC 304.201—dc23 LC record available at https:// lccn.loc.gov/2019046588 ♾ This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48- 1992 (Permanence of Paper). Taussig_9780226684581 iv 1/19/2020 04:55:24 PM For a Green New Deal Taussig_9780226684581 v 1/19/2020 04:55:24 PM Taussig_9780226684581 vi 1/19/2020 04:55:24 PM The last night that she lived It was a common night, Except the dying; this to us Made nature different We noticed smallest things,— Things overlooked before, By this grand light upon our minds Italicized, as ’t were. EmILy DICkINSON Taussig_9780226684581 vii 1/19/2020 04:55:24 PM Taussig_9780226684581 viii 1/19/2020 04:55:24 PM CONTENTS SmOkE AND mIrrOrS 1 1 | mImETIC ExCESS 5 2 | THE ExpOSITION OF THE NON- DOGmATIC CANNOT BE DOGmATIC 10 3 | NIETZSCHE’S TuNING FOrk, kAFkA’S SIrENS 13 4 | TwILIGHT OF THE IDOLS 23 5 | CATASTrOpHE: THE SOLAr INvErSION OF SATANIC DENIAL 29 6 | mETAmOrpHIC SuBLImITy 44 7 | rE- ENCHANTmENT OF NATurE 54 8 | IN yOur BONES yOu kNOw OTHErwISE 61 9 | pLANETArIum 71 10 | SuNSET 80 11 | IN THE BEGINNING wAS THE FIrEFLy 94 12 | THE SuN IS AN INDIAN SHAmAN 102 13 | LIGHTNING 116 Taussig_9780226684581 ix 1/19/2020 04:55:24 PM
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