Michael Taussig is the Class of 1933 Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University. He is the author of ten books, including What Color Is the Sacred?, Walter Benjamin's Grave, and My Cocaine Museum, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

"In the course of reflecting on shamanism and the Native cultures of the Americas, and the relationship of symbolism, drugs, and color, and introducing such interesting concepts as 'preemptively apocalyptic knowledge' and the bodily unconsciousness, the author offers no less than an ethnology of color.... It is also beautifully poetic, thoroughly rational, and an excellent read." -Choice "Michael Taussig has done it again. As with his previous books, Taussig has produced a unique account that takes readers on a journey-this time into the 'color of history'-that is electrifying, surprising, at times disconcerting and unsettling, but ultimately inspiring." -American Anthropologist"

Michael Taussig is the Class of 1933 Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University. He is the author of ten books, including What Color Is the Sacred?, Walter Benjamin's Grave, and My Cocaine Museum, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

"In the course of reflecting on shamanism and the Native cultures of the Americas, and the relationship of symbolism, drugs, and color, and introducing such interesting concepts as 'preemptively apocalyptic knowledge' and the bodily unconsciousness, the author offers no less than an ethnology of color.... It is also beautifully poetic, thoroughly rational, and an excellent read." -Choice "Michael Taussig has done it again. As with his previous books, Taussig has produced a unique account that takes readers on a journey-this time into the 'color of history'-that is electrifying, surprising, at times disconcerting and unsettling, but ultimately inspiring." -American Anthropologist"

Michael Taussig is the Class of 1933 Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University. He is the author of ten books, including What Color Is the Sacred?, Walter Benjamin's Grave, and My Cocaine Museum, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

"In the course of reflecting on shamanism and the Native cultures of the Americas, and the relationship of symbolism, drugs, and color, and introducing such interesting concepts as 'preemptively apocalyptic knowledge' and the bodily unconsciousness, the author offers no less than an ethnology of color.... It is also beautifully poetic, thoroughly rational, and an excellent read." -Choice "Michael Taussig has done it again. As with his previous books, Taussig has produced a unique account that takes readers on a journey-this time into the 'color of history'-that is electrifying, surprising, at times disconcerting and unsettling, but ultimately inspiring." -American Anthropologist"