Biopolitics and necropolitics: opposite or constitutive?

This article searches for respond to the question whether biopolitic’s objective (to manage life and construct lifestyles) and necropolitic’s objective (to administrate death and destroy habitats and peoples), polarized, make both concepts opposites, or on the contrary, if they indicate a dialectica...

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Autor: Estévez, Ariadna
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:Espiral Estudios sobre Estado y Sociedad
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:espiral.cucsh.udg.mx:article/7017
Acceso en línea:http://espiral.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/EEES/article/view/7017
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:biopolítica
necropolítica
migración
Foucault
Mbembe.
Biopolitics
necropolitics
migration
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Sumario:This article searches for respond to the question whether biopolitic’s objective (to manage life and construct lifestyles) and necropolitic’s objective (to administrate death and destroy habitats and peoples), polarized, make both concepts opposites, or on the contrary, if they indicate a dialectical relationship and mutual construction in phenomena such as migration. To answer the question, the article first examines biopolitics in the work of Michel Foucault and seeks how it has been taken up in the analysis of contemporary migration. The paper then describes necropolitics in the work of Achille Mbembe, and how it has been taken up to identify the causes of forced migration and racism against migrants. Finally, it reviews the literature on biopolitical and necropolitical studies in the context of international migration.