Necropolitics by Achille Mbembe
In this essay Achille Mbembe argues that contemporary forms of subjugation of life to the power of death (necropolitics) profoundly reconfigure the relations among resistance, sacrifice, and terror. He has demonstrated that the notion of biopower is insuficient to account for contemporary forms of subjugation of life to the power of death. Moreover he has [...]
Written in the night: The pain of living in the present world by John Berger
I WANT to say at least something about the pain existing in the world today. Consumerist ideology, which has become the most powerful and invasive on the planet, sets out to persuade us that pain is an accident, something that we can insure against. This is the logical basis for the ideology’s pitilessness.
Everyone knows, of [...]
Is Tucumán Still Burning? by Ana Longoni
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Sociedad (B. Aires) vol.1 no.se Buenos Aires 2006
“Tucumán is still burning”, declares a stencil that appeared on several street advertisements on Buenos Aires walls over the last few months, anonymously authored by Leandro Iniesta, a solitary 23-year old artist. The black and red statement replicates the slightly psychedelic typography of the sticker sketched by Juan [...]