{"product_id":"lou-manuel-arsenault-of-enemies-venison-first-materials-for-an-aztec-cosmotechnic","title":"Lou Manuel Arsenault: Of Enemies \u0026 Venison: First Materials for an Aztec Cosmotechnic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"editorial-header\"\u003eBecoming Press, 2026, Paperback, 180 peages\u003cspan\u003e 11cm x 18cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new future for Mexico depends upon unearthing what colonialism has buried below the ground. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSituated deep within the ontological turn, this book brings together the philosophical anthropology of Descola and Viveiros de Castro, with the discourse that runs, through Heidegger, towards the world-building technics of Yuk Hui. Through a detailed study of the sacrificial and symbolic practices of Warfare \u0026amp; Hunting, Lou Manuel Arsenault uses these philosophies as tools to uncover a Cosmotechnic of the Aztecs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the cosmology and way of life of Nahuatl-speaking populations of the Valley of Mexico and the surrounding regions during the post-classical period, Warfare \u0026amp; Hunting were inseparable ritual practices within which the distinction between beings—Human, Jaguar, and Deer, or Aztec, Mimixcoa, or Mother and Enemy—became blurred. Articulated here as an Aztec Cosmo-Technique of identification, it is argued that these ritual practices enacted a world with its own destiny, one which was trampled by colonial violence. Yet this destiny—Batalla’s “Deep Mexico”—lies dormant, buried underground, buried in the literature, and in the archaeological record; this book works to unearth it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57994897129856,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/OEAV-cropped-front.png?v=1777453740","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/lou-manuel-arsenault-of-enemies-venison-first-materials-for-an-aztec-cosmotechnic","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}