The politics of death in the arche of the American experience -- The necropolitics of social death and statecraft -- Beyond the death-bound-subject -- Necropolitics and juridical power -- The eschatological production of mass incarceration -- Conclusion: Beyond the God of necropolitics.
Summary:
"This book argues that the othering and criminalization of Black people in times of crisis is part of the religious meaning of America that fuels the problem of mass incarceration. The author develops a religious interpretation of the significance of these images to America's political economy the produces the very problems we punish as a society"-- Provided by publisher.
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