Necropolitics (Theory in Forms) by Achille Mbembe (PDF)

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In Necropolitics Achille Mbembe, 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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⭐Nicely written .

⭐Mbembe sets out the scope of this book very clearly in the Introduction. It is a “critique of our time.” Mbembe delivers. You will be impressed on Mbembe’s ability to place his perspective of the contemporary world. He sets forth this critique in brutal, meticulous detail. At times it is uncomfortable reading, caused by the accuracy of his analysis which is supported by an oddly aloof and dispassionate observation of the atrocities in contemporary world, as befitting the outstanding political philosopher that he is.Mbembe takes Foucault’s biopolitics and Fanon’s critique of Colonial Imperialism to their next logical stage. He applies Foucault and Fanon to the contemporary world. One gives rise to the other. The West’s Colonial Imperialism exposed the inherent contradictions of Western Liberalism, and its contemporary face is its naked brutality in localities too numerous to mention. If you pay attention to world news at all, you will know where those localities are.But this is not simply Foucault and not just Fanon. Mbembe has created an entirely new type of politics in this book, based in part on the new complexion of our present world.The book is highly recommended.

⭐Useful for my research.

⭐this book is one of the best books I’ve read. It’s very academic and the language isn’t very accessible, unfortunately, but it was expected to be. I wish everyone could read this book and understand how capitalism and democracy walk, both, hand in hand with necropolitics (especially in the global south). Super recommended!

⭐It is an in depth cross discipline analysis that continues on Franz Fanons work.It is rich, it is deep, it is comprehensive, it is enthusiastic,.It is a rare book, it reminded me of the writings of Foucault, especially in its early more fresh period..

⭐..informativ , solide, lesbar

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