necropolitics

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"The idea of a supreme power which monopolizes legitimate violence is as much about limiting and restraining ‘necropolitics’ as it is about engaging in it."
"Jasbir K. Puar (2007, 2017) has been particularly instrumental in provoking an expanding body of work on queer necropolitics."

From necro- + politics, coined by Cameroonian philosopher and political scientist Achille Mbembe.

necropolitical

necropolis necropower necrosecurity biopower

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