Achille Mbembe b. 1957
Achille Mbembe (born 1957) is a Cameroonian philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Postcolonial Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, and Political Philosophy.
Achille Mbembe is a Cameroonian philosopher and political theorist, professor at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research in Johannesburg, and one of the most influential voices in contemporary African and postcolonial thought. On the Postcolony reread the political imagination of postcolonial Africa as a space of intimate co-mingling of rulers and ruled rather than the simple imposition of foreign forms, while Necropolitics extended Foucault's biopolitics into an account of the powers that decide which lives may be exposed to death. Critique of Black Reason offered a global history of how the black body has been produced as a figure of capital and labor.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Cameroonian
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Postcolonial Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Achille Mbembe:
“Necropolitics is the work of death within the body politic.”
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Attributed to Achille Mbembe:
“The postcolony is a space of intimacy with power, not simply its opposite.”
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Attributed to Achille Mbembe:
“Race is a body of knowledge for converting people into things.”
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Attributed to Achille Mbembe:
“Africa is not a problem to be solved; it is a thought to be thought.”
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Attributed to Achille Mbembe:
“Sovereignty is increasingly defined by the power to decide who may live and who must die.”
Frequently asked about Achille Mbembe
- When was Achille Mbembe born?
- Achille Mbembe was born in 1957.
- Where was Achille Mbembe from?
- Achille Mbembe is a Cameroonian philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Achille Mbembe associated with?
- Achille Mbembe is associated with Postcolonial Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, and Political Philosophy.
- What is Achille Mbembe known for?
- Achille Mbembe is a Cameroonian philosopher and political theorist, professor at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research in Johannesburg, and one of the most influential voices in contemporary African and postcolonial thought.
- How many quotes are attributed to Achille Mbembe?
- There are 7 attributed quotations from Achille Mbembe in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.