Palma Africana Taussig MichaelPaperback
Palma Africana Taussig MichaelPaperback "It is the contemporary elixir from which all manner of being emerges, the metamorphic sublime, an alchemist's dream." So begins Palma Africana, the latest…
Specifikacia Palma Africana Taussig MichaelPaperback
Palma Africana Taussig MichaelPaperback
"It is the contemporary elixir from which all manner of being emerges, the metamorphic sublime, an alchemist's dream." So begins Palma Africana, the latest attempt by anthropologist Michael Taussig to make sense of the contemporary moment. Saturating everything from potato chips to nail polish, palm oil has made its way into half of the packaged goods in our supermarkets. But to what elixir does he refer?Palm oil.
In Colombia, palm oil plantations are covering over one-time cornucopias of animal, bird, and plant life. By 2020, world production will be double what it was in 2000. Over time, they threaten indigenous livelihoods and give rise to abusive labor conditions and major human rights violations.
The list of entwined horrors--climatic, biological, social--is long. But Taussig takes no comfort in our usual labels: "habitat loss," "human rights abuses," "climate change."
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