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Necropolitics

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Jail is better than the “freedom” to live in isolation? May 11, 2020 Necropolitics When I read this today I was shocked at first but after a few seconds it made started to make sense, which is very sad. In Japan, the number of Necropolitics April 7, 2020 Necropolitics & Namos & Polis & Achille Mbembe I’ve been doing lots of reading on the idea of Necropolitics, a concept articulated by the theorist Achille Mbembe. Here is a bit from the Wikipedia Biopolitics V. Necropolitics January 27, 2020 Necropolitics & Foucault & Archille Mbembe Continuing to do a little bit of reading on the term necropolitics, I found this. The term ‘biopolitics’ was coined by Michel Foucault in the Necropolitics January 27, 2020 Hauntology & Necropolitics & Archille Mbembe In my continuing attempts to understand hauntology I came across a book titled Necropolitics by Achille Mbembe. I was intrigued by the concept, but