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Life, Death, and Politics: Necropolitics in the Scythe Trilogy
Sat, April 5, 11:40am to 1:10pm CDT (11:40am to 1:10pm CDT), Palmer House Hilton, Floor: 7th, Sandburg 8Brief Overview
Mbembe describes sovereignty as the power to control life and death. He raises legitimate questions about this power in his theory of necropolitics, questions which are furthered by an analysis of Neal Schusterman's Scythe trilogy.