Mbembe, Achille
Necropolítica
- ISBN 13:
- 9788496614192
- author:
- Mbembe, Achille
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- MELUSINA
- language:
- Spanish
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 380
- Dimensions:
- 1.2 x 9.8 x 9.8 centimetres (0.0
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The concept of necropolítica has become a defining feature of our contemporary world. This new form of governance prioritizes economic efficiency over human life, with powerful actors deciding who lives and who dies based on strict economic criteria. As a result, modern conflicts have evolved into nomadic acts of war carried out by private companies in collaboration with or without the involvement of states. The consequences of this approach are profound: humans are reduced to mere commodities that can be bought and sold according to market demands. This new form of population management is a step further than the biopolitics outlined by Foucault, where life loses its density and becomes a mere means of exchange for powerful, obscure, and unscrupulous forces. The implications of necropolítica are far-reaching and unsettling, highlighting the need for a critical examination of our current societal structures.