Meaning of necrosecurity | Babel Free

Definitions

Security (social order) obtained via the mass killing or mass death (from the spread of preventable disease, etc) of otherized people, especially people of other racial groups.

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Examples

“[see title] […] This chapter introduces and explains the concept of necrosecurity, that is, the process in which life is secured through the death of the racialized other.”

“The concept of necrosecurity captures how necropower governmentalization becomes embedded within everyday life. While extraction empires like Canada and the United States impose security, humanitarian aid, or corporate interventions (the difference between the three are little to none) in the name of the rule of law and its liberal accolades, necrosecurity examines how these practices mold themselves into ordinary acceptance of the degradation and eventual perishing of life.”

“On the cultural dynamics of "necrosecurity" see Lincoln who explores "the cultural idea that mass death among less grievable subjects plays an essential role in maintaining social welfare and public order".”

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