Necropolitics

by Achille Mbembe

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147800651X
• ISBN13: 9781478006510
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"