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Necropolitical complicities : (re)constructing a normative somatechnics of Iraq
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Osuri, Goldie (2009) Necropolitical complicities : (re)constructing a normative somatechnics of Iraq. Social Semiotics, Volume 19 (Number 1). pp. 31-45. doi:10.1080/10350330802632766 ISSN 1035-0330.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10350330802632766
Abstract
This article theorizes the concept of necropolitical complicities in the construction and writing of ethno-sectarian identities in the context of the war in Iraq. Drawing on Mbembe's concept of necropolitics in relation to the (re)construction of a normative somatechnics, the article argues for an acknowledgment of operative colonial epistemologies and techniques of governance that have fuelled contemporary sectarian violence in Iraq. The interplay between these epistemologies and techniques of governance and the violent assertions of Iraqi ethno-religious identities are theorized as necropolitical complicities.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Social Semiotics | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 1035-0330 | ||||
Official Date: | 19 March 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 19 | ||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 31-45 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/10350330802632766 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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