CYBERPUNK AND NECROPOLITICS: ON THE EXTERMINATION OF LIFE IN THE GLOBAL ERA

 

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Verfasser: Brenes Vargas, Alonso
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publikationsdatum:2019
Beschreibung:This essay is presented as an exercise in critical analysis between cyberpunk aesthetics and the concept of necropolitics developed by the Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe. It is based on the hypothesis that the cyberpunk subgenre, when representing extreme sociopolitical scenarios, offers a vision of necropolitics as the ultimate expression of sove- reign power. From this perspective, the science ction lm District 9 (2009) by the South African lmmaker Neill Blomkamp will be analyzed, determining the ways in which both concepts are interwoven in this production, as well as their ethical-political implications.
Land:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Sprache:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/11842
Online Zugang:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/praxis/article/view/11842
Stichwort:cyberpunk; necropolitics; technology; globalization
cyberpunk; necropolítica; tecnología; globalización