The Resource Necropolitics, Achille Mbembe ; translated by Steven Corcoran
Necropolitics, Achille Mbembe ; translated by Steven Corcoran
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- Summary
- In this book the author, a leader in the new wave of francophone critical theory, theorizes the genealogy of the contemporary world, a world plagued by ever-increasing inequality, militarization, enmity, and terror as well as by a resurgence of racist, fascist, and nationalist forces determined to exclude and kill. He outlines how democracy has begun to embrace its dark side---what he calls its "nocturnal body"---which is based on the desires, fears, affects, relations, and violence that drove colonialism. This shift has hollowed out democracy, thereby eroding the very values, rights, and freedoms liberal democracy routinely celebrates. As a result, war has become the sacrament of our times in a conception of sovereignty that operates by annihilating all those considered enemies of the state. Despite his dire diagnosis, Mbembe draws on post-Foucauldian debates on biopolitics, war, and race as well as Fanon's notion of care as a shared vulnerability to explore how new conceptions of the human that transcend humanism might come to pass. These new conceptions would allow us to encounter the Other not as a thing to exclude but as a person with whom to build a more just world. --
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 213 pages
- Note
- Translated from the French
- Contents
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- Introduction: the Ordeal of the World
- Exit From Democracy
- The Society of Enmity
- Necropolitics
- Negative Messianism
- Fanon's Pharmacy
- This Stifling Noonday
- Conclusion: Ethics of the Passerby
- Isbn
- 9781478006510
- Label
- Necropolitics
- Title
- Necropolitics
- Statement of responsibility
- Achille Mbembe ; translated by Steven Corcoran
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- In this book the author, a leader in the new wave of francophone critical theory, theorizes the genealogy of the contemporary world, a world plagued by ever-increasing inequality, militarization, enmity, and terror as well as by a resurgence of racist, fascist, and nationalist forces determined to exclude and kill. He outlines how democracy has begun to embrace its dark side---what he calls its "nocturnal body"---which is based on the desires, fears, affects, relations, and violence that drove colonialism. This shift has hollowed out democracy, thereby eroding the very values, rights, and freedoms liberal democracy routinely celebrates. As a result, war has become the sacrament of our times in a conception of sovereignty that operates by annihilating all those considered enemies of the state. Despite his dire diagnosis, Mbembe draws on post-Foucauldian debates on biopolitics, war, and race as well as Fanon's notion of care as a shared vulnerability to explore how new conceptions of the human that transcend humanism might come to pass. These new conceptions would allow us to encounter the Other not as a thing to exclude but as a person with whom to build a more just world. --
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- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mbembe, Achille
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Corcoran, Steve
- Series statement
- Theory in forms
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- Fanon, Frantz
- Political violence
- Decolonization
- Democracy
- Postcolonialism
- Label
- Necropolitics, Achille Mbembe ; translated by Steven Corcoran
- Note
- Translated from the French
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Introduction: the Ordeal of the World
- Exit From Democracy
- The Society of Enmity
- Necropolitics
- Negative Messianism
- Fanon's Pharmacy
- This Stifling Noonday
- Conclusion: Ethics of the Passerby
- Control code
- on1085633514
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 213 pages
- Isbn
- 9781478006510
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1085633514
- Label
- Necropolitics, Achille Mbembe ; translated by Steven Corcoran
- Note
- Translated from the French
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction: the Ordeal of the World
- Exit From Democracy
- The Society of Enmity
- Necropolitics
- Negative Messianism
- Fanon's Pharmacy
- This Stifling Noonday
- Conclusion: Ethics of the Passerby
- Control code
- on1085633514
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 213 pages
- Isbn
- 9781478006510
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1085633514
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