Necropolitics

Abstract

The article explores the concept of sovereignty through the power to decide who can live and who must die. Starting with Foucault's biopower, Mbembe analyzes modern forms of violence and control, including the state of exception and war. He argues that contemporary politics, often imagined as a form of war, uses the power to kill as a sovereign instrument, making death a central element of political power. Violence is thus seen as an organizing factor in modern society, profoundly influencing social and political relations.