Meaning of necropolitics | Babel Free

Definitions

The relationship between sovereignty and power over life and death.

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Examples

“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.”

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