A Vast Accumulation of Corpses: Necropolitics

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We take another dive into the Blood Work theory zone, looking at Cameroonian postcolonial thinker Achille Mbembe’s seminal 2003 essay on the production of death as the crowning political activity of our era.

Image: Achille Mbembe, Necropolitics (2019), Duke University Press

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THIS WEEK IN VIOLENCE: Time to Hedge

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Last week, three countries across the Middle East and South Asia signed a new defence pact which has several potential ramifications for the region, and indeed security arrangements around the world. This week, we’re going to discuss that announcement and why we should hope it never has to be worth more than the paper it’s printed on. Because if it does, things could get silly.