Kidnapping and rescue of the concept of necropolitics

invitation to read a text

Abstract

This essay is about discussing the superficial use that the academy has made, in general, of the concept of necropolitics, from cameroonian philosopher Achile Mbembe and its use in social media. The philosophical origins of this concept are exposed along with the tradition in which it is inserted and the the bibliographic sources necessary for its construction. It seeks to expose, even briefly, a more precise definition of necropolitics, at the same time that I invite the reader to study the texts necessary for its understanding. We try to problematize, as a background, a series of issues that cross the academy today when it adopts decolonial thinking and the tasks that lie ahead.