Law in a Lawless Land by Michael Taussig
Offers a penetrating insight into the nature of Colombia's peril. In a nuanced account of the human consequences of a disintegrating state, the author chronicles two weeks in a small town in Colombia's Cauca Valley taken over by paramilitaries that brazenly assassinate adolescent gang members.
"If you want to know what it is like to live in a country where the state has disintegrated, this moving book by an anthropologist well known for his writings on murderous Colombia will tell you" - Eric Hobsbawm "This is a horrifying and immediate first-person look at globalism's dark side, done with humor, despair, and sympathy." - Publishers Weekly"
Michael Taussig is professor of anthropology at Columbia University and the author of Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man and My Cocaine Museum, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226790145 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226790142 |
| Title | Law in a Lawless Land |
| Author | Michael Taussig |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2005-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 222 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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