La lucha por la la vida frente al necropoder estadunidense

Abstract

Necropower—defined as the power to produce and administer—has its first-world expression the United States. This expression is characterized by a spatially differentiated use of the law to enable nativists, neonazis, and white supremacists as well as anti-immigrant, anti-abortion, and gun rights activists, among others, for the use of death technologies. By examining the case of the African American community, this article shows how the U.S., led by Donald Trump, sustains a necropower differing from that of Postcolonial states only in its use of the law instead of legal exception to create death spaces. Additionally, the article highlights the #BlackLivesMatter movement as a resistance for life in the face of necropower.