Theory & Philosophy cover image

What is Necropolitics? | Achille Mbembe | Keyword

Theory & Philosophy

00:00

Necro Powers Are on Full Display

Necro power is about reducing people to nothing so that they can then be more easily killed. In the holycast, jewish people were reduced to this level of nothingness that could make them that much more easiy to be killed. Now these are all examples of what he calls death worlds, entire sites, places, spaces, duced to a status of a death world where only death can ensue. And that more or less covers what bembay is doing here in his response to fuco.

Play episode from 06:24
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app