Necropower, governmentality and desire, based on Foucauldian analytics

Achille Mbembe displaces and reformulates the Foucaultian hypothesis that diagnoses the present according to the governmental veridiction mode that has been directed towards life since the 19th century, by contrasting the idea of a sovereign necropower that produces death. If Foucault notices that a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Sferco, Senda
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Acta Sociológica
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/84868
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/ras/article/view/84868
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Desire
governmentality, necropower, neoliberalism, obedience
governmentality
necropower,
neoliberalism
obedience.
Deseo
gubernamentalidad
necropoder
neoliberalismo
obediencia
Desejo
governamentalidade
obediência.
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Sumario:Achille Mbembe displaces and reformulates the Foucaultian hypothesis that diagnoses the present according to the governmental veridiction mode that has been directed towards life since the 19th century, by contrasting the idea of a sovereign necropower that produces death. If Foucault notices that a certain idea of “desire” serves as a support and impulse to the understanding of biopower, could we say that there is something similar in the case of necropower, but directed towards death? Through a review of both proposals, the desiring specificity of necropower and its ethical-political effects will be critically examined.