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EAN : 9782348057496
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 246
Size : 135 x 220 mm
BRUTALISM

Collection : Sciences humaines
Release date : 06/02/2020
In this essay, Achille Mbembe presents an interesting approach to the paradoxes at the core of our young 21st century’s structure. In the face of the hegemony of the idea that everything is quantifiable, he examines the founding principles and political consequences of a new world order fed as much... In this essay, Achille Mbembe presents an interesting approach to the paradoxes at the core of our young 21st century’s structure. In the face of the hegemony of the idea that everything is quantifiable, he examines the founding principles and political consequences of a new world order fed as much by abstract rationalities as by animistic aspirations.

Mbembe examines the political consequences of this new technological system and proposes solutions to some of the great questions of our century, the fundamental issues which the human race is facing:  the currently increasing population on Earth, the new triage and selection practices conducted using security technologies, the circulation of people and objects, the future of life and reason, or again the necessary decarbonization of the economy, of life.
 
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EAN : 9782348057496
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 246
Size : 135 x 220 mm
La Découverte