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Unit 10
Grades 9-10
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A Live Debate: Is Necropolitics Really Something New?

Mbembe's broader body of work extends necropolitics' analysis beyond historical colonialism directly into contemporary global politics. In his earlier, foundational book On the Postcolony (2001), Mbembe had already argued that postcolonial African states themselves frequently…

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