Achille Mbembe Journalist Profile

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Achille Mbembe, politologue : " La vague récente des coups d’Etat dans l’Ouest africain a favorisé un écosystème liberticide "

Jan 11, 2025 | lemonde.fr | Achille Mbembe

Cet article vous est offert Pour lire gratuitement cet article réservé aux abonnés, connectez-vous Se connecter Vous n'êtes pas inscrit sur Le Monde ? Inscrivez-vous gratuitement Débats Le Monde Afrique Un courant putschiste, souverainiste, qui considère la démocratie libérale comme un produit d’importation, est en train de s’institutionnaliser en Afrique de l’Ouest, alerte, dans une tribune au « Monde », le philosophe et historien. Temps de Lecture 7 min.
Brutalism. Achille Mbembe

Oct 28, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Achille Mbembe

Achille Mbembe’s Brutalism employs the architectural metaphor of brutalism to critique the contemporary global condition, shaped by the pervasive forces of capitalism, technology, and ecological degradation. Drawing inspiration from the harsh, utilitarian aesthetic of brutalist architecture, Mbembe provides an incisive examination of how modern capitalism extends its reach beyond economics, shaping human existence itself by fostering the ‘becoming-artificial’ of humanity.
Pacification and Resistance

Aug 17, 2024 | tni.org | Phyllis Bennis |Arun Kundnani |Jane Kilpatrick |Achille Mbembe

On “shrinking space” Framing paper Individual and collective activism is facing a global pushback from states, corporations and the Far Right. How useful is the metaphorical concept of ‘shrinking space’ to examine such repression of civic society? This report deconstructs the shrinking space narrative and critiques some of its inherent problems, particularly its conflation with ‘civic space’.
Sorte fra andre steder og opholdsretten — Baggrund

May 24, 2024 | baggrund.com | Achille Mbembe

FOKUS: SYDAFRIKA EFTER APARTHEID | Apartheidlovenes institutionaliserede raceadskillelse har sat et blivende aftryk på Sydafrikas historie og alle landets befolkningsgrupper. Det ændrede landets rolle på det afrikanske kontinent og i det internationale samfund.
Border politics

Apr 9, 2024 | africasacountry.com | Jan Bornman |Michael Bueckert |Achille Mbembe

Dramatic scenes at the US-Mexico border in recent months have highlighted the surge in migration across the globe: from people fleeing wars to political instability and violence, poverty, and the pursuit of better social and economic conditions. Border officials in the US said they had more than 225,000 encounters with migrants at the border in December alone, the highest number in over two decades.
Duke University Press - Brutalism

Nov 17, 2023 | dukeupress.edu | Achille Mbembe

Book Pages: 200 Illustrations: Published: January 2024 SubjectsSociology > Social Theory, Theory and Philosophy > Postcolonial Theory, Politics > Political Theory In Brutalism, eminent social and critical theorist Achille Mbembe invokes the architectural aesthetic of brutalism to describe our moment, caught up in the pathos of demolition and production on a planetary scale.
Le ragioni dei golpe in Africa

Sep 7, 2023 | internazionale.it | Achille Mbembe

Le prese di potere militari nelle ex colonie francesi in Africa sono il sintomo di trasformazioni profonde che si è cercato a lungo di nascondere, ma la cui improvvisa accelerazione sta cogliendo di sorpresa molti osservatori distratti. Si potrebbe sostenere che sono gli ultimi sussulti nella lenta agonia del modello francese di decolonizzazione incompiuta.
Achille Mbembe, philosophe : " Les putschs en Afrique de l’Ouest annoncent la fin d’un cycle qui aura duré près d’un siècle "

Aug 4, 2023 | lemonde.fr | Achille Mbembe

Débats International L’Afrique est entrée dans un autre cycle historique et, dans celui-ci, la France n’est plus qu’un acteur secondaire, constate le philosophe et historien, dans une tribune au « Monde ». Le continent se trouve ainsi confronté, selon lui, au choix entre néosouverainisme et démocratie. Temps de Lecture 9 min.
El derecho universal a respirar – A*Desk

Jul 3, 2023 | a-desk.org | Achille Mbembe

Ya hay quienes hablan de «post-Covid-19». ¿Y por qué no iban a hacerlo? Aunque, para la mayoría de nosotros, especialmente los que vivimos en partes del mundo donde los sistemas sanitarios han sido devastados por años de negligencia organizada, lo peor aún está por llegar. Sin camas de hospital, sin respiradores, sin tests masivos, sin máscaras ni desinfectantes ni espacios para poner en cuarentena a las personas infectadas, por desgracia, muchos no pasarán por el ojo de la aguja. 1.