Tag Archives: Achille Mbembe

Achille Mbembe: The necropolitics of a pandemic

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

… the ultimate expression of sovereignty resides, to a large degree, in the power and the capacity to dictate who may live and who must die. Achille Mbembe, Necropolitics From a brazilian newspaper, an interview with Achille Mbembe … Mbembe … Continue reading →

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Achille Mbembe: The society of enmity

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Achille Mbembe’s Politiques de l’inimitié reads contemporary politics as a series of strategies and tactics of colonisation, thus grounded on the creation of fictional others (through hierarchising categories of race, sex, ethnicity and the like) and the desire for their … Continue reading →

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With and beyond anti-fascism (1)

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Julius Gavroche

… to make use of the weapons created by fascism, which has been allowed to use the fundamental aspirations of people for affective exultation and fanaticism. But we affirm that the exaltation… must be placed in the service… of a … Continue reading →

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